Re: IML: no start/ Me too!

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Thanks! I did spend some time with the '68 on Sunday. I found a combination of things that are giving trouble, but still can't get it to crank.

The neutral safety switch is not actuating properly. I found that if I left on the gear selector in "Park" while turning the key, I get a click at the starter solenoid. That means to me that everything is working except that the starter itself isn't cranking. 

If the engine was seized, I believe that I would overheat the starter if I hold the key in the start position for a little while, but I am not getting any heat there. I can reach the starter with my hand from the top of the engine compartment. I did discover that the little wire to the starter was loose, but now it is tight. 

I have also discovered that the starter is perfectly clean. That means that it was new when the car was parked many years ago. It was running in May and I had no trouble getting it started then, but I do now remember the thing about pulling on the gear selector. For some reason the starter has quit working, or is it possible that there is something still wrong with the relay? I am thinking that if the solenoid down at the starter clicks, then the relay is doing its job, and I have a dead starter.

Let me know if you have more ideas.

Thanks!

Paul

In a message dated 9/28/2004 9:43:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>Quoting RandalPark@xxxxxxx:
>
>
>> In order for nothing to happen when I jump the relay, I am thinking that
>> there is no juice going to it, or at least a poor connection since I did see
>> a quick reaction once. Tomorrow I will check all of those connectors. I am
>> pretty sure that if there is no power at the relay, the problem will have to
>> be between it and the battery. There is also a little "old" terminal next to
>> the relay under the hood with two blue wires going to it. I have no idea what
>> this is. Any ideas would be appreciated. D^2 I am looking to you on this
>> one.
>> 
>
>Paul, I hope you have solved this one by now. ?I do not know/remember what this
>"old" terminal is. ?One thing worth checking is the little wire that goes to
>the starter, the one held by a tiny nut, I think 11/32nds or something. ?If
>this was not tightened well, it may be loose now, and make intermediate
>contact. ?Done that once.
>
>D^2
>
>
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