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what 2+2 meant was:
1. put the car in neutral or park
2. at the starter selonoid there's 4 connections. The small one in the middle on the left when looking straight at it is marked with 'S'
3. disconnect that cable from the starter selonoid
4. run a wire (a screwdriver will do the same) from battery+ connection of selonoid (far left) to this 'S' terminal. The engine should crank over
Don't try to start like that. just come back to us with the result: "it's cranking" or "it's not cranking"
and info if you have auto transmission or manual
Kalli
O.K. to refresh ( I've been drinkin koolade) You have power at the batt and when you "jump" the sol, it cranks....correct? BUT....other than that, you have no power? That means that the wire coming off the sol (blk/yellow?) is not doing its job.
From your earlier symptoms, it could be that your ALT or reg has bit the dust. I would look at the blk/yel wire coming off the sol (this is where your power comes from for lights and stuff)
Also....look in the FAQ(redux) lot of good info there.
O.K. to refresh ( I've been drinkin koolade) You have power at the batt and when you "jump" the sol, it cranks....correct? BUT....other than that, you have no power? That means that the wire coming off the sol (blk/yellow?) is not doing its job.
From your earlier symptoms, it could be that your ALT or reg has bit the dust. I would look at the blk/yel wire coming off the sol (this is where your power comes from for lights and stuff)
Also....look in the FAQ(redux) lot of good info there.
The Black/Yellow heads a couple of places and looks and feels fine. I'll keep plugging away at it. The maddening thing is this happened while the car was just sitting. I drove it into the garage, shut it down, and a week later when I go to fire it up...nothing. Well, my new solenoid should be here in a day or two and I'll install it. Can't hurt. Sometimes you take a thing apart and put it back together, it will just start working again.
I know exactly what you're going thru...it's the simplest of things that get us. Most wires fail, not at the connector but, at the connection. (where the wire meets the connector) keep that in mind.
I have 1/2 million thoughts on this but, will wait til you get new sol and see what happens.
swap the battery from another car.. its pretty much free and not too difficult. Im thinking maybe the battery you have is supplying 12v but for whatever reason is not able to produce any amps...at least you can rule battery out 100% with the swap. (unless i missed the part where you were able to verify the battery was good) then ignore this
-Gun
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swap the battery from another car.. its pretty much free and not too difficult. Im thinking maybe the battery you have is supplying 12v but for whatever reason is not able to produce any amps...at least you can rule battery out 100% with the swap. (unless i missed the part where you were able to verify the battery was good) then ignore this
-Gun
It cranks if I jump the positive to the solenoid. Wouldn't that confirm the battery is good?
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