[DML] Re: The problem with my car...

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First ensure the transmission is indeed in Park (mechanical parking
pawls have locked the rear wheels).

Then jump the starter solenoid (trigger) itself. Can use the big
supply line next to it as your 12v source.

If the car is not energized your engine will simply spin.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Mc Auley <dmc4087@xxxx> wrote:
> Ok, heres the overall problem with my car...it wont start, wont even
> crank. Its an automatic, so I have checked the linkage which seems
> fine because it makes contact with the inhibitor switch when in
> neutral and park.
> When I try to start it, I can hear relays clicking behind passenger
> seat so they seem fine (if I hold in the ignition, the microswitch
> in the engine bay ticks constantly).
> The starter fuse seems to melt down whenever the car is cranked
> continuously (I got the car like that, and it happened to me last
> week) and I do not know if that is normal.
> I got a multi digital reader thingy which is complicated to work,
> but I do get readouts from the relay sockets, battery connections
> and even that fuse socket for the starter, so I think that is good.
> 
> I am going to attempt putting a 25 amp cable between the positive
> battery terminal and Pin 85 of the starter relay, which may start
> the car. (thanks to Nick Tomlinson for his advice!)
> 
> Clearly, I am not mechanically/electrically minded but I am picking
> it up as I go along. So, can anyone tell me, or suggest what the
> problem is?
> 
> Thanks,
> Thomas
> Vin #4087
> 
> 
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