After spending several hours chasing an intermittent no start problem, I found a cause that may be the same for many of you with the same problem.
The first time I had the problem I parked on a hill, pulled the handbrake to give the parking pawl some relief. When I came back it was difficult to get out of Park. Next came the infamous "no start", not even a click from the solenoid. I assumed the park/neutral switch must have moved....so the search began...oh how wrong my assumption was...three hours later and all the correct voltages in all the right places I was almost stumped. Solenoid had voltage yet didn't engage....must be the problem!
Upon opening the solenoid I noted that the large thread post (bat 12vpost) has two protruding prongs on the inside. One of them was down to nothing, so I turned the post 180 degrees, put everything together and voila' there's the problem!
So the moral of the story is if there's voltage at the solenoid but nothing happens on crank, then check the post and turn it instead of buying an entire new starter/solenoid...and let this area be the first suspect in troubleshooting!
The first time I had the problem I parked on a hill, pulled the handbrake to give the parking pawl some relief. When I came back it was difficult to get out of Park. Next came the infamous "no start", not even a click from the solenoid. I assumed the park/neutral switch must have moved....so the search began...oh how wrong my assumption was...three hours later and all the correct voltages in all the right places I was almost stumped. Solenoid had voltage yet didn't engage....must be the problem!
Upon opening the solenoid I noted that the large thread post (bat 12vpost) has two protruding prongs on the inside. One of them was down to nothing, so I turned the post 180 degrees, put everything together and voila' there's the problem!
So the moral of the story is if there's voltage at the solenoid but nothing happens on crank, then check the post and turn it instead of buying an entire new starter/solenoid...and let this area be the first suspect in troubleshooting!
