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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Starter finally went out. Got the dreaded click when ignition key turned

I have a 1996 Chevy suburban. Starter finally went out. Got the dreaded click when ignition key turned. New starter put in with no problems. Connected the positive lead then when I went to connect the negative lead it sparks and you hear the starter try to engage. no key in the ignition switch. Stater checked out fine again after I took it back to have it checked. pulled the starter relay and it still did the same thing. any ideas?
Answer:
You've got wires crossed, on wrong posts, or touching. the main wire on the starter cannot touch the smaller wires on the solenoid.

2 comments:

  1. My 98 chevy silverado 100,000 miles finally didnt start it clicked once evertime we turn the key. We put a new battery in and a new starter. The starter checked out ok at the shop. We cleaned the battery terminals ran a wire from possitive down to the starter no luck. What is going on.

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  2. Usually one hard click(with dash lights staying on cause if they don't it means a bad battery connection) means a bad starter. If you have a good ground to the engine/starter and apply power directly to it, then most likely the new starter is bad... it happens. If you are using the same old starter..chuck it and put in a new one, even if local autozone says its good...cause it ain't!!!

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