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> Wont Start!!, Battery's not dead and starter works
Skid
post Mar 16 2005, 07:43 PM
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I took my 914 to school today and everything was working fine. After school, I hop in the car and turn the key, nothing. The battery is charged, the starter works when shorted, but I cant get it to turn over using the key. The car still starts with a push start but nothing with the key. I checked all of the connections to the starter and the battery and everything is fine. Do you think that the ignition switch has gone out and if so is this an easy fix? I have other ignitions avalible, but I like that my keys work with the locks on the car. Help!!
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Dave_Darling
post Mar 16 2005, 10:52 PM
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QUOTE (Skid @ Mar 16 2005, 08:09 PM)
I disconected the seat relay thingy and no change either.

If by "disconnected" you mean "unplugged", that is guaranteed to interrupt any current going from the ignition switch to the starter.

If by "disconnected" you mean "hooked the fat yellow wires together", then the seat belt relay is not your problem.

Either splice those two wires together permanently, or at least fake up a good solid connection between them.

The relay itself can fail (it is vulnerable to water damage and other contamination) which is one of many things that can produce exactly the symptoms you are describing.

Note that this is a 74 model year thing (though some 75s are also afflicted with it.) The probem in the 71 also mentioned here should not have anything to do with the relay.

There is a starter system troubleshooting article on the Bird's tech page, written by Jim Thorusen. Very thorough.

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