Turn the key started to crank then nothing. Had been starting fine until this.
so it is cranking & not firing or just stopped cranking, cranking problem is probably a bad relay on the inner fender
It stopped cranking.
Are you hearing any clicking or just dead silence?
Silence it's not battery
Id check the ground cable at the battery and block.
Screwdriver to the starter solenoid bump things over?
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Started to take off relay. Had 2 bottom wires from relay off. I touched 2 wires left on relay and it cranked.
Sounds to me like it is time to replace the relay . . . :D
Thanks for help
I replaced the relay still no crank.
Can you provide a picture in focus? You need a wire on each of the bare spade connectors for it to crank. One switched 12v, other is grounded by the neutral safety switch or clutch switch.
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The pic is when I took the wires off the spades. Here is a new pic of it back together. The 2 wires on the bottom of the relay 1 goes to ground the other go into fire wall.
It actually started to crank while I was removing the relay. The 2 bottom wires were off and I was taking off nut holding two top wires.
You should be able to get it to start by shorting (with a screwdriver) the starter solenoid like GoodysGotaCuda said. That will tell you is it's bad or if it's before that solenoid. Seems like it a loose wire or a simple electrical thing. :thinking:
Not the same solenoid but might give you an idea of how it works to short it out and start the car.
test the brown wire with an ohmmeter,make sure it has a good ground , if auto it will ground on the trans safety switch
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Most likely the NSS/CSS stopping you from starting
It's a 4 speed
Pushed,pulled and jiggled all wires that came out of relay and it started. I don't know which one it was. :notsure:
Have you checked your Clutch Safety Switch?
Car was originally an auto and it doesn't have one.
Have you checked the safety connection at the trans?
Quote from: Cudamike on April 30, 2017, 08:35:25 AM
Car was originally an auto and it doesn't have one.
the brown / second wire / not yellow /has to be grounded somewhere
th yellow wires should have power in the crank position
So if brown wire is not grounded the yellow will have no power? The green wire is grounded under the bolt that holds the relay to fender.
Sorry for the delay I have been VT my son got a job as a forester.
You are ok the green wire is the ground
Thanks and what does the yellow wire do. I think it might be the problem.
Yellow feeds power from the ign switch which closes the relay & shunts power to the starter