Help, Vette won't start !!!!! HELP !!!!!!
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Racer
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From: GA
Help, Vette won't start !!!!! HELP !!!!!!
Put the key in and nothing but a click!!! All lights/electronics function fine, but engine will not turn over ... Thought maybe key/security issue, waited 10-15 mins, Nothin. Tried to jump, nothin. Replaced battery, Nothin. This happened the other night. Car had been sitting for 2 days, tried to start, nothin. Tried the next morning, started right up. Drove car for a couple days including last night, no problem.
Seems like starter/selinoid ? Any suggestions? Will take to repair shop in next few days (Tony's MD).
Help.
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Seems like starter/selinoid ? Any suggestions? Will take to repair shop in next few days (Tony's MD).
Help.
:sad:
Racer
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From: Lancaster Ohio
Re: Help, Vette won't start !!!!! HELP !!!!!! (bigsteff)
Check the wires to your starter and make sure something hasn't come loose. Also have someone help you by turning the key and get under the car and pop the starter a few times with a mallet or something. If it's a sticking solenoid that will free it up sometimes then at least you know that's what it is.
Burning Brakes
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From: Longview Texas
Re: Help, Vette won't start !!!!! HELP !!!!!! (bigsteff)
You might check the starter fuse, in the fuse box under the passenger toe board. They get a lot of heat and sometimes work intermittently. Hey, worth a try for $2 or $3.
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From: North Augusta, SC
Re: Help, Vette won't start !!!!! HELP !!!!!! (bigsteff)
Here's a link to the Theft Deterrent System Schematic, use it to see what your possible problems are.
If the Theft Deterrent Relay isn't on the fritz (that's the 'click' you hear when you turn the key, but it's possible that the contacts aren't actually making to pass the current), my money would be on Fuse #52 or the starter motor itself.
Good luck! :cheers:
[Modified by markcz, 5:16 AM 3/29/2004]
If the Theft Deterrent Relay isn't on the fritz (that's the 'click' you hear when you turn the key, but it's possible that the contacts aren't actually making to pass the current), my money would be on Fuse #52 or the starter motor itself.
Good luck! :cheers:
[Modified by markcz, 5:16 AM 3/29/2004]
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Racer
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From: GA
Re: Help, Vette won't start !!!!! HELP !!!!!! (bigsteff)
Ok. good suggestions. Could someone please tell me exactly where the starter is located on the engine? Do i have to get under the car to reach the starter and the cables that connect to it? I don't have a shop manual so i don't what to guess ....
Thanks all
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Thanks all
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From: North Augusta, SC
Re: Help, Vette won't start !!!!! HELP !!!!!! (bigsteff)
If my memory is working better than the search function :crazy: , then look under the engine, attached to the block on the passenger side, near the back.
:cheers:
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