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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Leavenworth, KS
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350 SBC won't Start
I have a 70 c10 chevy 2wd truck. Original factory 350 small block. The starter, alternator, battery all been checked and fine. Even replaced the transmission safety switch (on the column). Won't turn over or anything. All the lights in the dash come one but that's it. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Moyie Springs ID.
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
better check the ignition next and grounds
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
Starter solenoid working and hooked up correctly?
Have you done any work on it recently that could have affected something in the circuit?
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
Use a test light to see if the start wire is getting current to the saftey switch when the key is turned to start position. You probably have an ignition switch that has failed and this test will show that. If you get current on the ignition switch side of the neutral safety then check for current going out of the neutral safety (new does not mean working). If you don't get current out of the neutral safety, the neutral safety might be out of adjustment. If current goes through the neutral safety then someone has to crawl under the truck and use a test light on the start termnal on the starter to see if current is getting to the starter when the key is turned to the start position. If it is not getting there, then the wire from the neutral to the starter is broken somewhere. If it is getting current then it is a starter soleniod issue. Hope that helps.
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
This may sound strange. I had a similar problem, after checking everything turned out there was a little play in the gear selector. Try holding the gear selector up then turn the key.
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
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Mine appears to have gone from gimmicky to completely dead and I'm thinking that this is just an extension of the same problem, but worse...
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
The best thing to do is eliminate the starter and solenoid from the equasion . To do this just jump from the positive battery cable on the solenoid to the small S terminal on the solenoid with a flat blade screw driver. This bypasses the purple wire, the NSS and the key switch. Do it with the truck in park and the coil wire pulled. You don't want it to start and take off on you. If the starter doesn't work then the solenoid is bad. If it works then it's not getting power to the S terminal through the purple wire.
The next step is to apply power to the starter side of the purple wire at the NSS. It's basically the same as the flat blade screwdriver. If the starter doesn't work then there's a break in the purple wire to the starter. It goes through the firewall block and may not be making connection there with the other side of the harness. If jumping it works then the next step is the NSS. Just bypass that by connecting the two ends of the purple wire together and use the key switch. If it works then the NSS is the culprit, If it doesn't then the key switch is bad. If the key starts the truck with the NSS jumped then check to see if the back-up light wires ( light green) and the starter wires are hooked to the correct terminals. I'm Not sure if it's possible to swap them I'll have to check. The terminal connectors are different so they cant be put on wrong. Every body has good ideas on what to check so take your pick .
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
Also check the little black bus on the right fender near the battery, make sure the red wire is connected to the battery.
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Re: 350 SBC won't Start
It's probably not that cause that wire feeds the fuse box the light switch, the key switch and the horn relay and he says he has dash lights.
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