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do the easy check first... Posted by JimBlake [Email] (#141) [Profile/Gallery] (more from JimBlake) on Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:39:35 In Reply to: Starter solenoid or electrical, Vas, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:44:08 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
The small wire (yellow?) attached to the starter solenoid by a spade connector. If its loose or corroded, then sometimes it doesn't tell the solenoid to go. Then after you push-start the car, the vibration gets it to contact again (for a while).
Unplug it, clean it & the lug it was attached to, & tighten it a bit with needle-nose pliers. Look where its crimped to the wire; maybe clean & solder it? Maybe even put some grease on it for future corrosion...
Another possibility might be a flaky ignition switch in the conlole? That's not so easy to check out. Pull the yellow wire off the starter solenoid, use a voltmeter to check while someone turns the key. With the wire disconnected the starter won't run. If it ever fails to go to 12v, then the switch is flaky & you get to take your console apart.
It is possible that the solenoid is getting flakey. But rule out the cheap/easy stuff first.
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