Here's my saga, if anyone has some hints for me to try on Sunday before I tow the car to the garage on Monday (the garage is closed on Sunday), it would be appreciated!
Purchased car on Sunday February 12. The next day the car would not start. Put key in the ignition, turn, no sounds, does not even try to turn over. Interior and dash lights come on, radio works fine, all indicating battery works fine.
Disconnected battery.
Pulled starter/starter solenoid, brought to auto parts store, it tests fine even under load.
Put starter back in, reconnect battery, try to start car, same symptom, would not even try to turn over. Put key in the ignition, turn, no sounds, does not even try to turn over. Interior and dash lights come on, radio works fine, all indicating battery works fine.
Then, noticed a little module underneath ignition (sonufagun why didn't I notice this before!), pulled out module, it says ?Electro Lock? on it. Unplugged module, turned it around, jiggled it. Tried to start car, it starts fine.
Turn car off, tighten battery, again it will not start, same symptoms as original.
Removed ?Electro Lock? which had 4 wires going to one screw on the dash (as a ground), and two wires spliced into the blue ignition wire. After removing the two wires spliced into the blue ignition wire, reconnected the blue wire to itself. Again it will not start, same symptoms as original.
Removed positive and negative cables from battery overnight. Reconnected ?Electro Kill?. Reconnected battery (which had been disconnected overnight). Sounded like the starter turned for half a second then nothing (though I've been known to imagine things), same as before. My theory on unplugging the battery overnight was that so any other backup charge source that would keep the kill switch from working would drain and reset it.
I'm not a mechanic, just a guy trying to use some common sense to troubleshoot it myself, but it seems like the time to hand it over to a qualified mechanic. Any suggestions first? Thanks in advance!
Purchased car on Sunday February 12. The next day the car would not start. Put key in the ignition, turn, no sounds, does not even try to turn over. Interior and dash lights come on, radio works fine, all indicating battery works fine.
Disconnected battery.
Pulled starter/starter solenoid, brought to auto parts store, it tests fine even under load.
Put starter back in, reconnect battery, try to start car, same symptom, would not even try to turn over. Put key in the ignition, turn, no sounds, does not even try to turn over. Interior and dash lights come on, radio works fine, all indicating battery works fine.
Then, noticed a little module underneath ignition (sonufagun why didn't I notice this before!), pulled out module, it says ?Electro Lock? on it. Unplugged module, turned it around, jiggled it. Tried to start car, it starts fine.
Turn car off, tighten battery, again it will not start, same symptoms as original.
Removed ?Electro Lock? which had 4 wires going to one screw on the dash (as a ground), and two wires spliced into the blue ignition wire. After removing the two wires spliced into the blue ignition wire, reconnected the blue wire to itself. Again it will not start, same symptoms as original.
Removed positive and negative cables from battery overnight. Reconnected ?Electro Kill?. Reconnected battery (which had been disconnected overnight). Sounded like the starter turned for half a second then nothing (though I've been known to imagine things), same as before. My theory on unplugging the battery overnight was that so any other backup charge source that would keep the kill switch from working would drain and reset it.
I'm not a mechanic, just a guy trying to use some common sense to troubleshoot it myself, but it seems like the time to hand it over to a qualified mechanic. Any suggestions first? Thanks in advance!