Starting problem...come on in!
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From: Summerville South Carolina
Starting problem...come on in!
Its on a 98Z28......still LS1 though.
I changed the dipstick tube and had to take the starter loose to get the new dipstick in. Hooked everything back up and turned the starter over....click click. Okay, battery's dead.
Hook up the charger for 15 minutes, same thing. Now this time I notice the lights are all bright inside the car and when its clicking the lights on the gauge cluster are flashing with the clicking sound. Check the battery voltage, 12.4. Hmmmm.
Take the starter back loose, look around alittle...its possible that the tube was touching the starter, couldn't really tell. So I bend the tube alittle Put it all back together same thing but this time sounds like the gear's turning for a split second then the clicking noises. Bang on it a few times, same thing. This time I forget unhook the battery and get a few sparks.
Buy a new AC Delco starter...same thing. Tried it again a few minutes ago and no more click click, just the sound of the bendex spinning and not contacting anything.
I have checked the starter fuse its fine!
Any ideas? I'm at a loss.
Alan
I changed the dipstick tube and had to take the starter loose to get the new dipstick in. Hooked everything back up and turned the starter over....click click. Okay, battery's dead.
Hook up the charger for 15 minutes, same thing. Now this time I notice the lights are all bright inside the car and when its clicking the lights on the gauge cluster are flashing with the clicking sound. Check the battery voltage, 12.4. Hmmmm.
Take the starter back loose, look around alittle...its possible that the tube was touching the starter, couldn't really tell. So I bend the tube alittle Put it all back together same thing but this time sounds like the gear's turning for a split second then the clicking noises. Bang on it a few times, same thing. This time I forget unhook the battery and get a few sparks.
Buy a new AC Delco starter...same thing. Tried it again a few minutes ago and no more click click, just the sound of the bendex spinning and not contacting anything.
I have checked the starter fuse its fine!
Any ideas? I'm at a loss.
Alan
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From: Suffolk VA
I have a 2001. On mine three smaller wires go to the terminal on the passenger side or the starter solenoid and the larger battery cable on the drivers side terminal. I would check that all of the wires are connected. Some times in tight spaces small wires and small hoses pull back into hiding when you disconnect them and then you miss them when you put things back together. Good luck.
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I'm (without being there) thinking either mechanically the solenoid is jammed or is not making electrical contact (to engage the magnetic field to throw the drive to the flexplate, or as stated earlier small wires on the solenoid not quite right) enacting the same thing.
