Starter won’t engage
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Car: 1987 Firebird Formula
Engine: 305 Carbureted
Transmission: 700r4
Starter won’t engage
So I was dropping the dizzy in on my engine and I was bumping the key to do it and all of a sudden it just stops even trying. When I turn the key, no click, no nothing. I’m pretty confused, if I jiggle the key to a certain spot it turns the fan and lights off like it’s pulling power to the starter but it still doesn’t even try to start. I tried jumping across the solenoid with a screwdriver and it didn’t work but I’m not sure I got a good connection on it because the headers are in the way. Any ideas?
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Re: Starter won’t engage
Sounds like a bad connection in a battery cable, or possibly even internal to the batt.
Check / clean / renew the connections at both ends of both batt cables first.
Check / clean / renew the connections at both ends of both batt cables first.
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Re: Starter won’t engage
made sure both connections on the battery were tight and it’s reading like 13ish volts so it’s giving power. Maybe the cable itself could be messed up?
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