On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Crazed Idiot wrote: > a red wire comes from in front (front is front) of the fuse box and into Find out whether this wire is hot all the time or just when the key is turned to start. It should be live all the time. Here's a quick and dirty ascii of the layout: Battery (+) | Ignition wire--------+--------Ground from switch | Starter Solenoid The "+" is the relay. The current from the ignition switch trips the relay and dumps Battery potential to the solenoid. Bob Hoover would have you go through all the connections from the switch to the solenoid and clean them up, and I agree with him, but for those who don't have the time or inclination, this works. You'll need to get a DVM and check voltages. You can check the relay by applying voltage to the appropriate input, with the opposite terminal grounded, and see if the relay "locks". It should show 0 ohms on the output legs, or close to it. If not then it's fried. <$5 at a junkyard, <$15 at a FLAPS. I'd check the "nether regions" wire first and see if shorting it to 12V+ actually gets the starter to turn over. In addition, you do know that you can short the solenoid terminals with a screwdriver in a pinch, yes? Jack
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