wont start will start wont start....??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

CG · 03-19-2006, 08:07 PM

ok trying to get rid of my last burb. go to fire it up and nothing. battery is charged all the lights work etc etc. nothing happens in neutral or park. so i push it where i want it to be in the lot. just for grins i try the key...starts right up...grrrr. this was a couple of weeks ago. today i go to load it up on the trailer and it starts right up again...as im going up the trailer it dies. its kinda cold blooded so no big deal. go to start it up...nothing. its all charged, all the electrical stuff works fine. nothing. im guessing neutral safety switch problem? i dont even know where to look. is it wired to the tranny and the shift linkage hits is somewhere? any help would be appreciated...thanks

mark

Fmspeed · 03-19-2006, 08:18 PM

neutral safty under dash connected to colum, or at least thats where mine was,
sound more likely to be a bad switch or wiring to me, or even a bad starter, but who knows. could even be low voltage to the exciter wire on starter, but that would be wiring i guess.

Fred T · 03-19-2006, 08:46 PM

Neutral switch is on the column just inside the firewall. Easily defeated by unplugging and jumpering the plug with a short piece of solid wire. Other possibilities are bad starter or solenoid, loose connections at battery or starter, ignition switch or a bad or missing ground between the engine and the battery. Finding an intermittent problem can be tough, they never occur when you are ready to fix it.

gferris5 · 03-19-2006, 09:31 PM

Also-
Just for the sake of it, check all your grounds and cables thoroughly. I had a truck that was doing that same thing. I even checked the terminals, but didn't notice how the cables were totally rotted underneath the sheathing. Good thing I bought a new starter!

Gordo · 03-19-2006, 09:55 PM

Assuming you don't even hear a click, take a BFH (a striking tool) and whach the starter. If the starter motor is tired sometimes a direct shock to it resets the worn out brushes and enabling it to work one more time. If you hear a click in your attempts to start it but the engine doesn't crank, the solenoid may be at fault.

CG · 03-19-2006, 10:34 PM

hmmm, no clicks, whacking it would make me feel better at the very least

WRMZ71 · 03-19-2006, 10:51 PM

I had a starter that did the same thing
Start beating on it and then have somebody try cranking while your beating on it. Just be safe about it for crying out loud!!

03-19-2006, 08:07 PM	#1
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 19,862	wont start will start wont start....??? ok trying to get rid of my last burb. go to fire it up and nothing. battery is charged all the lights work etc etc. nothing happens in neutral or park. so i push it where i want it to be in the lot. just for grins i try the key...starts right up...grrrr. this was a couple of weeks ago. today i go to load it up on the trailer and it starts right up again...as im going up the trailer it dies. its kinda cold blooded so no big deal. go to start it up...nothing. its all charged, all the electrical stuff works fine. nothing. im guessing neutral safety switch problem? i dont even know where to look. is it wired to the tranny and the shift linkage hits is somewhere? any help would be appreciated...thanks mark

03-19-2006, 08:18 PM	#2
Fmspeed Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23	Re: wont start will start wont start....??? neutral safty under dash connected to colum, or at least thats where mine was, sound more likely to be a bad switch or wiring to me, or even a bad starter, but who knows. could even be low voltage to the exciter wire on starter, but that would be wiring i guess.

03-19-2006, 08:46 PM	#3
Fred T Cantankerous Geezer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Aire, KS Posts: 6,264	Re: wont start will start wont start....??? Neutral switch is on the column just inside the firewall. Easily defeated by unplugging and jumpering the plug with a short piece of solid wire. Other possibilities are bad starter or solenoid, loose connections at battery or starter, ignition switch or a bad or missing ground between the engine and the battery. Finding an intermittent problem can be tough, they never occur when you are ready to fix it. __________________ Fred There is no such thing as too much cam...just not enough engine.

03-19-2006, 09:31 PM	#4
gferris5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The land of fruits and nuts Posts: 193	Re: wont start will start wont start....??? Also- Just for the sake of it, check all your grounds and cables thoroughly. I had a truck that was doing that same thing. I even checked the terminals, but didn't notice how the cables were totally rotted underneath the sheathing. Good thing I bought a new starter! __________________ Have mercy, I'm recovering from my 4x4 addiction.

03-19-2006, 09:55 PM	#5
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Re: wont start will start wont start....??? Assuming you don't even hear a click, take a BFH (a striking tool) and whach the starter. If the starter motor is tired sometimes a direct shock to it resets the worn out brushes and enabling it to work one more time. If you hear a click in your attempts to start it but the engine doesn't crank, the solenoid may be at fault. __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

03-19-2006, 10:34 PM	#6
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 19,862	Re: wont start will start wont start....??? hmmm, no clicks, whacking it would make me feel better at the very least

03-19-2006, 10:51 PM	#7
WRMZ71 Cause the Chicks DIG IT!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Beaufort SC Posts: 509	Re: wont start will start wont start....??? I had a starter that did the same thing Start beating on it and then have somebody try cranking while your beating on it. Just be safe about it for crying out loud!!



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