Vats problem
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bill, right now no one knows if you hit the starter or the solenoid, or if you jarred one or the other. either one is highly likely of being the problem. I think the starter can get bad air gap between stator and rotor, hitting it with a hammer can change gap, whatever.
GM had a problem with black paint on the block, starter grounding points, causing the no click problem, also.
the solenoid purple wire -nut- can get loose, get corroded, build up high resistance, then can't pull in the coil. if it has 7 volts or so it will click, but no more action than that.
the same wire can get pinched by the shifter, against a steel bracket,
so I hear, and the high resistance causes the no click.
if it has been the starter all along, you should have heard the click from the solenoid. do you recall -now- what it does when you try to start it? should verify that there is a click or no.
many many yrs back, ('63) I rebuilt a starter instead of a faulty neutral safety switch. never forgot that lesson. back then, it was easy to access, a powerglide. the point is that the entire circuit from key to solenoid terminal is suspect until proven otherwise.
jc
GM had a problem with black paint on the block, starter grounding points, causing the no click problem, also.
the solenoid purple wire -nut- can get loose, get corroded, build up high resistance, then can't pull in the coil. if it has 7 volts or so it will click, but no more action than that.
the same wire can get pinched by the shifter, against a steel bracket,
so I hear, and the high resistance causes the no click.
if it has been the starter all along, you should have heard the click from the solenoid. do you recall -now- what it does when you try to start it? should verify that there is a click or no.
many many yrs back, ('63) I rebuilt a starter instead of a faulty neutral safety switch. never forgot that lesson. back then, it was easy to access, a powerglide. the point is that the entire circuit from key to solenoid terminal is suspect until proven otherwise.
jc
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Bill, when it doesn't start try shifting it into neutral to see if it starts. Being an automatic it could be a neutral safety switch issue
