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Posted by: Hammy Feb 22 2005, 06:43 PM

We've found the problem to the starting issues... There's a 15 amp fuse on the wiring to the starter solenoid that keeps blowing out when we try and start it...
Where do we look now? Oh and there's a starter relay kit installed...

Posted by: mrihop Feb 22 2005, 06:53 PM

If you have a car with the seat belt warning system under the passenger seat, by now it's probably been bypassed. If they didn't do a clean job, it could be shorting out in there. Pull the passenger seat out and check there.

Posted by: Hammy Feb 22 2005, 07:03 PM

I don't think i even have the wiring for the seatbelt safety system.. Will the fuel pump still turn on when I turn on the ignition if it's the seatbelt system that is preventing it from starting? Or will the seatbelt system make nothing happen when the key is turned?

Posted by: Mueller Feb 22 2005, 07:06 PM

QUOTE (Hammy @ Feb 22 2005, 05:43 PM)
We've found the problem to the starting issues... There's a 15 amp fuse on the wiring to the starter solenoid that keeps blowing out when we try and start it...
Where do we look now? Oh and there's a starter relay kit installed...

good chance something is grounding out....get your digital voltmeter and start looking for continuity from one side or the other of the circuit to ground....the haynes manual should be able to narrow down what wires to look for.

I'd start with the wires attached to the starter and work your way forward

Posted by: Dave_Darling Feb 22 2005, 07:09 PM

There should be no fuse in the starting circuit. Something else is going on here... Not sure what, though.

--DD

Posted by: mrihop Feb 22 2005, 07:11 PM

QUOTE (Hammy @ Feb 22 2005, 05:03 PM)
I don't think i even have the wiring for the seatbelt safety system.. Will the fuel pump still turn on when I turn on the ignition if it's the seatbelt system that is preventing it from starting? Or will the seatbelt system make nothing happen when the key is turned?

The fuel pump will turn on with just the key unless you have a 1.8 FI engine.

Posted by: mrihop Feb 22 2005, 07:12 PM

Check the ground strap to your tranny. I almost always forget that will keep your starter from working too.