RE: wontcrank

[Sean B <polecat2@xxxxxxxx>]

Wow, Don!  After reading all that, I feel like I owe you a diagnostic 
fee!  I'll get on this next week, and follow your instructions right 
down the line.  Thanks.

Polecat


Don Dulmage wrote:
> 
> 
> First dont guess and buy parts. next time you are tempted to solve 
> problems that way bang your head against a brick wall till the thought 
> disapears. get a test light  and have some  one hold the key over and 
> trace the power to see what it wrong. If it is a bad ground as suggested 
> then with the light clipped to a good ground on the body and the sharpe 
> end of the lamp touching the engine the light will light. If the ground 
> is good it will not light (body ground to engine ground test)
> Check to see of the start switch is sending power to the relay by having 
> someone hold it in start postion and testing with the sharpe pinty end 
> to the relay wire . if you dont now which one  just check each one in 
> turn as they cycle the switch at least one should light inthe start 
> position and go out when the igntion switch is released. If that is Ok 
> check for a starter relay ground  same way as you checked for engne 
> ground .
> If the ground is good but the starter relay is not clicking  check the 
> brown wire with the plastic clip around the side of therelay  (usually 
> the wire closest to the engine). witrh the test light clip on a know 
> good ground remove the neutral saftey switch wire and putthe pointy end 
> of the testlight to the prong. it should light when the ign switch is in 
> start.iof it does. temporaily jump that prong to ground. If it starts 
> then the neutral saftey  switch is not properly adjusted. (Shift linkage 
> controls this so you could put a hundred engines and trans in and it 
> still would be the same. )
> If the relay is clicking then put the test light pointy end on the small 
> terminal of the starter. it should light when the relay clicks. If it  
> does and there is also constant power on the big wire atthe aterter 
> susect th starter. As kindly as I can say NEVER guess at problems , 
> always test. It costs thousands less and only takes a minute.   I use a 
> testlight for these tests as a volt meter at this stage only complicates 
> a simple operation. 
> BTW a real quick way to check bulkhead conector is turn the headlights 
> on and wiggle the plug at the firewall
> Don.
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