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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 01:10 PM
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Car won't start

Ok first time this happened was when i was going to get gas.
I started it at home no problem drive 1 min to the gas station as its right next to me, turned it off. Once done i tried to turn it on and no go, lights everything electronic turned on but it just would not turn over and i was messing around with the key going back and forth waiting to hear it turn, no go. finally after 10 long minutes it started and i was almost late for work.

Started fine after that for the next 3 days but due to my coolant seal failing worse and worse i couldn't drive it anymore because i would barly make it to work or home. So now waiting for a rebuild its in the garage for about a 2 weeks sitting, i needed to get something off the top shelves and didn't want anything falling on the car so tried to start it to back it out but yet same problem.

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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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anyone?
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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same thing happen to me, at firs i tought it was the clutch switch so i bypassed it
and worked fine for a few weeks but it started to do it again, it ended up being the key ignition switch. the contacts for the starter solenoids wears out dew to the amount of amps consumed by the starter solenoid, what i did was replaced the switch and wired a 70amp relay to the starter solenoid to ensure a long life to my new switch. I dont know why alot of the cars dont have starter relays, all the new cars now have them
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 03:00 AM
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so its a possiblity its the clutch switch? how do you bypass it?
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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Probably a bad connection in the starter relay that fails when warm.
Not that they're really expensive to replace but you could try opening it and resoldering it.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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where is it at?
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