Solenoid/Starter out right? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

79BIG10 · 01-08-2003, 03:47 PM

Well after coming home from work I slept for about 4 hrs and got up and got in truck to go run errands. Well the truck has no click, nothing to attempt to start. Looks like a dead starter. Tried a hammer on solenoid and nothing. I got 10 amps showing on the gauge so I know I have plenty of power. No power drains. Just came home and parked it then came out when truck was ice cold and this happens.

So I'm right in thinking starter/solenoid right? I'm thinking a heat shield this time

Prerunner1982 · 01-08-2003, 03:56 PM

B could be the ignition switch?

79BIG10 · 01-08-2003, 04:00 PM

Not sure. what signs would that give? anyway to test?

79BIG10 · 01-08-2003, 04:47 PM

I just jumped the solenoid and it started spinning. So would this be a bad solenoid? When I did it, the solenoid didn't engage to the flywheel just spun.

PHOENIX · 01-08-2003, 04:47 PM

Nevermind

79BIG10 · 01-08-2003, 04:48 PM

Yes. I jumped the starter with the key on to verify.

79BIG10 · 01-08-2003, 04:51 PM

Don't the new starters from 88+ are mini starters? If so I might upgrade if possible then. Just got to get teh right bolt pattern

Prerunner1982 · 01-08-2003, 04:52 PM

B, you might just go ahead and pull the starter and take it to get tested.

79BIG10 · 01-08-2003, 04:53 PM

I'll do that just wanting to see about a new starter mini style and a heat shield

Now if the wife would ever make it home

pkbinplano · 01-08-2003, 10:22 PM

Pull the starter and jump it with jumper cables to see if it spins.

79BIG10 · 01-09-2003, 04:40 AM

Well it spins after taking it to get tested. Looks like either I'm wire chasing or ignition replacing. Hope just a loose wire. I'll keep you posted.

arveetek · 01-09-2003, 11:19 AM

B, there is a fusible link in the wiring down by the starter. Take a test light, and probe the wire going to the start terminal on the solenoid while someone else turns the key to start. You should have power. If not, don't forget about the neutral safety switch. Wiggle the gearshift and see what happens. Otherwise, start checking the wire going into the wire loom above the starter. The fusible link shouldn't be too far away from the starter.

Prerunner1982 · 01-09-2003, 10:13 PM

i forgot about the park nuetral saftey switch, try starting it in N?

79BIG10 · 01-10-2003, 02:42 AM

Well it was a $.22 fix. The smaller nut came off and broke the wire. I didn't see it before when taking it off. Replaced the nuts (double nutted this time

) and fixed the wire. Starter tested out perfect. Replaced the starter back and fired right off. Now if everything was this cheap and easy to fix.

**swervin ervin** · 01-10-2003, 09:02 AM

I love the cheap fixes. Trouble is, most of the time they're not any.

Glad to hear you didn't have to redesign the world to get it fixed.

LOHRTBT · 01-10-2003, 11:32 AM

So you got a Double nut......hee hee

79BIG10 · 01-10-2003, 04:53 PM

Yeah better than the only 1 I have now and those work LOL

01-08-2003, 03:47 PM	#1
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Solenoid/Starter out right? Well after coming home from work I slept for about 4 hrs and got up and got in truck to go run errands. Well the truck has no click, nothing to attempt to start. Looks like a dead starter. Tried a hammer on solenoid and nothing. I got 10 amps showing on the gauge so I know I have plenty of power. No power drains. Just came home and parked it then came out when truck was ice cold and this happens. So I'm right in thinking starter/solenoid right? I'm thinking a heat shield this time __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-08-2003, 03:56 PM	#2
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,906	B could be the ignition switch? __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

01-08-2003, 04:00 PM	#3
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Not sure. what signs would that give? anyway to test? __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-08-2003, 04:47 PM	#4
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	I just jumped the solenoid and it started spinning. So would this be a bad solenoid? When I did it, the solenoid didn't engage to the flywheel just spun. __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-08-2003, 04:47 PM	#5
PHOENIX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 4,703	Nevermind __________________ * AVOID: LOPER'S PERMORANCE / LOPERSPEED.COM OF PHOENIX, AZ & COTTMAN TRANSMISSION *

01-08-2003, 04:48 PM	#6
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Yes. I jumped the starter with the key on to verify. __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-08-2003, 04:51 PM	#7
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Don't the new starters from 88+ are mini starters? If so I might upgrade if possible then. Just got to get teh right bolt pattern __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-08-2003, 04:52 PM	#8
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,906	B, you might just go ahead and pull the starter and take it to get tested. __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

01-08-2003, 04:53 PM	#9
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	I'll do that just wanting to see about a new starter mini style and a heat shield Now if the wife would ever make it home __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-08-2003, 10:22 PM	#10
pkbinplano pkbinplano Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Plano Texas Posts: 370	Pull the starter and jump it with jumper cables to see if it spins. __________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/...7496&members=1 84 chevy silverado aka The Bananna Boat

01-09-2003, 04:40 AM	#11
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Well it spins after taking it to get tested. Looks like either I'm wire chasing or ignition replacing. Hope just a loose wire. I'll keep you posted. __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-09-2003, 11:19 AM	#12
arveetek Ultimate Diesel Dude Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Southwest Missouri Posts: 328	B, there is a fusible link in the wiring down by the starter. Take a test light, and probe the wire going to the start terminal on the solenoid while someone else turns the key to start. You should have power. If not, don't forget about the neutral safety switch. Wiggle the gearshift and see what happens. Otherwise, start checking the wire going into the wire loom above the starter. The fusible link shouldn't be too far away from the starter. __________________ Project truck: '81 C/20 converted to 6.2L TURBO DIESEL bored .040", gear drive, 6.5L injectors/pump, custom pistons, custom 4" exhaust, 700R4, 4.10's Daily Driver: '95 K1500 Tahoe, 6.5L TURBO DIESEL, NP241, 4L80E, 3.42's

01-09-2003, 10:13 PM	#13
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,906	i forgot about the park nuetral saftey switch, try starting it in N? __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

01-10-2003, 02:42 AM	#14
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Well it was a $.22 fix. The smaller nut came off and broke the wire. I didn't see it before when taking it off. Replaced the nuts (double nutted this time ) and fixed the wire. Starter tested out perfect. Replaced the starter back and fired right off. Now if everything was this cheap and easy to fix. __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

01-10-2003, 09:02 AM	#15
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	I love the cheap fixes. Trouble is, most of the time they're not any. Glad to hear you didn't have to redesign the world to get it fixed. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10



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01-10-2003, 11:32 AM	#16
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	So you got a Double nut......hee hee __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

01-10-2003, 04:53 PM	#17
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Yeah better than the only 1 I have now and those work LOL __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

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