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Fleet Mechanic
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Make sure it is park. Take a battery cable and attach it to the + terminal of the battery. Hit the other side to the low side of the solenoid. You will see sparks. If she cranks the starter is okay.
Then, as above, check for 12 volts on the wire to the "S" terminal of the solenoid when wifey puts the ignition in the start position.
You can take it from there on a bad ignition switch, solenoid or starter.
Then, as above, check for 12 volts on the wire to the "S" terminal of the solenoid when wifey puts the ignition in the start position.
You can take it from there on a bad ignition switch, solenoid or starter.
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From: NorCal
Make sure it is park. Take a battery cable and attach it to the + terminal of the battery. Hit the other side to the low side of the solenoid. You will see sparks. If she cranks the starter is okay.
Then, as above, check for 12 volts on the wire to the "S" terminal of the solenoid when wifey puts the ignition in the start position.
You can take it from there on a bad ignition switch, solenoid or starter.
Then, as above, check for 12 volts on the wire to the "S" terminal of the solenoid when wifey puts the ignition in the start position.
You can take it from there on a bad ignition switch, solenoid or starter.
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Never cranked one on a hoist, but I watched my dad crank a air cooled corvair motor sitting on the garage floor, using a boat tank and battery. That was different! It ran just fine!
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Crank, hell, Speedcat. We fired it up. Danced all over the garage on the hoist.
We all get out brains sometime in life. The cluster of jerks around me sure didn't have ours when we fired the 216 Chevy when we were teens.
We all get out brains sometime in life. The cluster of jerks around me sure didn't have ours when we fired the 216 Chevy when we were teens.
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