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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 01:03 PM
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Please help me!! My '77 auto, w/ tilt steering will not start. The starter is good and ground cleaned, new battery, new ignition switch on the colume ( that was fun). I have interior light, but the solinoid is not firing. I just pulled the neutral safety switch, but have not located a new one yet. What else could it be? The only other symptom I have to offer, it when the car is sitting in the garage, with no key in the ignition, the buzzer would sound off on it's own. Before I purchase a ns switch, I need to eliminate other possibilities. Thank you for your help.
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 01:36 PM
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Trace the circuit. Check the fuse. Did you connect the new switch properly?
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 01:44 PM
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Thank you for your reply.
I believe I connected the ignition switch properly. It seems there was only one way to connect the 3 electrical plugs back. The actuator hole in the switch was in the forward position, just like it was in the one I removed. I do not see an ignition fuse on the fuse panel. Could it be somewhere else? Thank you again.
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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1986coupe,

Thanks again for your reply. Just to let you and anyone else that ever has this problem, I bypassed the neutral safety switch, and it started right up. Thanks again.
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