Battery Hooked Up - no smoke - but..., Starter doesn't turn Options

[lsintampa]

75 914/4 2.0

I worked up enough courage to hook power up to the thing.

The instrument cluster is out, as is the dash top, and most of the wiring is just hanging down.

Before I attached the battery, I did a once over to make sure I didn't see any shorts.

Here's what works.... with the ignition on.

Lights pop up and light, highbeams work, hazzards work, blinkers work, some annoying buzzer works (assume it is for the seat belts?), brake lights work, wipers work.... so it seems most things work.

With ignition on - I don't hear the Fuel Pump come on, I assume it should run with ignition on (no tank in the car, yet - getting it sealed again).

When I turn the key to start, I'm expecting the starter to engage, but it doesn't.

Worth mentioning that the car basically is still very disassembled. The FI is not wired up - so I don't know if that effects the starter or not - I wouldn't think so.

There were four red leads all that connect to the positive side of the battery, the long positive cable goes to the starter, and feeds another red wire that goes to the alternator / relay board.

The voltage regulator is new.

I'm not sure why the starter isn't engaging - it's new also, as is the alternator.

Onward through the fog as they say.

Len

[avidfanjpl]

Does your heater fan turn on with the key on, and can you hear it run?

If not, replace the relay on the board that runs the heater fan. Left side bottom, but I would need to look at a relay board. Relays can be grabbed from the headlights, as they both pop up, so both are good.

It is how I got home last Saturday when one relay took a dump on me in 102 degree Bakersfield heat.

A relay in the motor compartment you may ask? Because that same relay runs the fuel pump, if you have the Fuel Injection still installed.

If not, you need someone like The Cap'n or Dave Darling to respond to you.

I am not half as smart as half of them.

The upper halves.

John