| hotratz |
Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:15 am |
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DanGreen wrote: hotratz wrote: Did you try shorting a screw driver from the battery terminal on the starter to the soleniod terminal. If this makes your starter spin then you're probably not getting voltage back to it from your key switch. If it doesn't click then you might just have a bad soleniod. If the soleniod clicks but the starter doesn't spin then you either have bad contacts in the soleniod or open windings or bad brushes in the starter.
I got a screw driver and made contact with both terminals, it made a big spark and the solenoid imediatly clicked and spun really fast . Seems to be working fine. its gotta be a wire from the key to the starter. I've got one of those "light testers" but no voltometer or any other tools that could be useful.
Wow, I'm comfused now, What exactly did you short across when you originally got the starter to spin? Was it the two larger posts or was it the large post with the battery cable on it across to the spade connector for the solenoid?
If it was the two large posts this would make your starter spin but not engage the engine. This method bypasses the soleniod altogether.
If you jumped from the large post to the spade connector on the solenoid this would pull the soleniod, spin the starter and engage the engine. Sounds like you just had a bad soleniod.
As far as the water goes, I've submarined many many starters under water and never had a solenoid or starter go bad because of it. |
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| DanGreen |
Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:54 am |
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it was the two large posts. :oops: :roll:
I know, I would have found out sooner........ hey, this way I got to check out my entire ignition system and clean all the connections. Car starts first time every time! |
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| hotratz |
Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:14 pm |
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| Ya got 'er fixed and learned a bit more about the sytem and that's all that matters. |
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