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i bought a 95 s series sw2 at an impound auction. i had to put a battery in
it and have a key made. when i try to start it i get dash lights and headlights but thats it. no solenoid click, nothing. there's a new cable going from the battery to the starter and i found a receipt in the car for a starter that was recently put on. everything looks right. what else could it be? |
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"eabbott" > wrote in message lkaboutautos.com... >i bought a 95 s series sw2 at an impound auction. i had to put a battery in > it and have a key made. when i try to start it i get dash lights and > headlights but thats it. no solenoid click, nothing. there's a new cable > going from the battery to the starter and i found a receipt in the car for > a starter that was recently put on. everything looks right. what else > could > it be? > My first step would be to check the ground cable. |
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Bad cables (positive and negative), bad/corroded connections (at either
end), a defective ignition switch, starter relay, or starter solenoid? "eabbott" > wrote in message lkaboutautos.com... >i bought a 95 s series sw2 at an impound auction. i had to put a battery in > it and have a key made. when i try to start it i get dash lights and > headlights but thats it. no solenoid click, nothing. there's a new cable > going from the battery to the starter and i found a receipt in the car for > a starter that was recently put on. everything looks right. what else > could > it be? > |
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In article >, "NapalmHeart" > wrote:
> >"eabbott" > wrote in message alkaboutautos.com... >>i bought a 95 s series sw2 at an impound auction. i had to put a battery in >> it and have a key made. when i try to start it i get dash lights and >> headlights but thats it. no solenoid click, nothing. there's a new cable >> going from the battery to the starter and i found a receipt in the car for >> a starter that was recently put on. everything looks right. what else >> could >> it be? >> > >My first step would be to check the ground cable. If the lights work, the ground cable is good. I wonder about the battery, though -- the OP didn't specifically say that he put a *new* battery in it, and it's quite possible for a weak battery to have enough juice to light up the headlights partially, but not enough to turn the starter. It can be very hard to judge, in the _daytime_, just how bright a headlight is, and so seeing headlights isn't necessarily an indication of a strong battery. Put a voltmeter on the battery. Should see _well_over_ 12V (e.g. 12.8 to 13+) if you want to have any hope of turning the starter over. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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thanks guys, i appreciate your sugestions. i thought i might have missed
something, but i've already checked all those out. last night while i was going thru different web sites like this one, i don't remember where, but on one of them it said that alot of the 91-95 s series cars had a factory installed anti-theft device. are any of you familiar with that? on the bottom of the dash, right under the hood release, my car has a little box with a plug. on the back side is a group of six wires that go up and join the main bundle of wires that continue on thru the fire wall. could this be an anti-theft device? if so how can i get the piece i need to plug into it? i'd really appreciate any info you guys might have about this. |
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eabbott wrote:
> on one of them it said that alot of the 91-95 s series cars had a factory > installed anti-theft device. are any of you familiar with that? on the > bottom of the dash, right under the hood release, my car has a little box > with a plug. on the back side is a group of six wires that go up and join > the main bundle of wires that continue on thru the fire wall. could this > be an anti-theft device? The plug you're seeing is the ALDL (OBD1) plug. Unless you have the RKE, you do not have factory anti-theft. I'm pretty sure that wasn't even an option until '97. Kevin |
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