Today I enlisted the help of a fine woman to crank the engine while I looked for spark from the high tension leads and coil. This seems straight forward and easy enough. But, when I attached my tester and asked her to turn the key and push the ignition button, there was only a click. I thought, "oh no, the battery is out of juice." and put the charger on it. After a short time I checked the voltage, got set again and asked her to crank it - "click". So I was confused. A few minutes later I started pulling on a lead (no. 4) and the engine started cranking on it's own, "Chug chug chug chug..." My helper started screaming, she hadn't done anything, couldn't stop it, and it *was* really strange. It stopped in a minute. So, why do you think it turned over by itself??? and what exactly does the key do? I have two guesses, a ghost, or something funny w/ the solenoid. Plus, how should I make sure it doesn't happen when working on it - Lucky my hand wasn't in the metal fan.

 

I think you answered you own question;

 

I check the starter button. Sounds like it could have a short. The button grounds the wire leading to the solenoid, if the wire on the back of the swich isn't fasten correctly or the wire is worn you might not have a good contact but then something might have nudged the wire and it grounded out.

If this isn't your problem then refer back tho Old F1's post.

 

lol... i'll be quiet and check the switch