I can't answer the question about circuitry - yet. Haven't had this thing running ever until just lately, so I'm new to the autotranny. If in park mode, starter turns and turns. Then switch off, switch back on and over to start and the engine starts smoothly with seemly about 2 revolutions. If in neutral, it starts right up without delay. Two revolutions and its there! Mystery to me! John On Aug 24, 2016 16:27, "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > John: > > Sounds electrical. Does it cranks the same, but not spark, or does it > crank more slowly? Did you measure the voltage and current available to the > starter when starting in neutral versus park? > > I’ve never owned an automatic, so am probably talking through my hat, but > doesn't the path from the ignition pass through the shift sensor on its way > to the starter selanoid? > > > On 24-Aug-2016, at 18:05, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > The engine starts really easy with shifter in neutral. But is harder to > > start in PARK mode. Any ideas as to why? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > |
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