Subzero starting problems
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Subzero starting problems
Hi all, well it is winter time here and it is cold as hell. My car started yesterday and it ran until warm but unfortunately it got stuck so I parked it. Today went to start it (slightly colder out side) and no cranking or anything. All the lights worked, head lights, turn signals etc. I have no idea where to start, any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance
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Assuming you have the factory alarm, the Starter Cut Relay, located next to the trailing coil, should have voltage on the thicker of the two Back/Green wires w/key to start and the clutch depressed. If not then the likely cause would be the Interlock Switch located towards the top of the clutch pedal. This would cause the starter to not engage.
If the B/G wire mentioned above has voltage w/key to start and clutch depressed then check the Black/White wire in the same relay plug for voltage under the same conditions the B/G wire would have. If it does not then the alarm is the likely culprit. It could then be bypassed by jumpering a wire from the B/W to thick B/G wire.
If the B/G wire mentioned above has voltage w/key to start and clutch depressed then check the Black/White wire in the same relay plug for voltage under the same conditions the B/G wire would have. If it does not then the alarm is the likely culprit. It could then be bypassed by jumpering a wire from the B/W to thick B/G wire.
Last edited by satch; 12-05-13 at 04:22 PM.
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Attachment 518018 This is the starter cut relay??
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We already talked about the Interlock Switch. You mentioned that it was possibly unplugged, which as previously stated, could only be possible if the switch was bypassed. Now which way is it? Is it plugged or not plugged in? If it is plugged in then common sense would suggest to bypass it. If it's unplugged and bypassed then common sense dictates you would check the jumper wire between the two wires involved in the switch if not replace the jumper w/a new jumper.
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We already talked about the Interlock Switch. You mentioned that it was possibly unplugged, which as previously stated, could only be possible if the switch was bypassed. Now which way is it? Is it plugged or not plugged in? If it is plugged in then common sense would suggest to bypass it. If it's unplugged and bypassed then common sense dictates you would check the jumper wire between the two wires involved in the switch if not replace the jumper w/a new jumper.
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If you have the factory alarm then you should have the Starter Cut Relay. If you have the alarm the relay could have been removed and bypassed. If you don't have the alarm then you would not have the relay. If that's the case then you would have a connector near the trailing coil w/a jumper wire in it on one side and a few wires on the other side. Two would be thicker guage wires and the other a thinner gauged Light Green wire. Of the two thicker wires, one would be Black/Green and the other Black/White. B/G comes from the Interlock Switch and the B/W wire runs to the starter solenoid. If you took battery voltage and placed it to the B/W wire then the starter ought to turn over each and every time the voltage is provided to the B/W wire. W/key to start and clutch depressed there should be voltage present at the Bkack/Green wire.
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