Won't start Options

[Hammy]

Well we just got the 914 out of the shop and running right (When it started).
So I pull up in the driveway after driving my step mom around, showing her how good it finally runs, and I kill the engine going up the driveway (yes.. still learning the clutch)

So I go start it up again, and I get nothing. Turn the key all the way and you can hear the fuel pump running, but nothing else goes. This happened before, but our *old* mechanic did some sort of start wiring 'relay' I believe he called it. Well now that seems to be a temporary fix 'cause it still won't start a day later. What gives? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)

[MarkG]

To suppliment RandyLok's answer (you might need a helper):

put a grounded test lamp to the spade terminal on the starter solenoid and hit the ignition key: if the test lamp stays dark, there is no power to the starter.

Now work backwards to the source: test lamp @ ignition switch input from battery: light? if so now put test lamp on other side of ignition (the spade/output that would send power from the switch to the starter and fuse box)...if no light (indicating power TO but not THROUGH/OUT OF of ignition switch) BINGO! Bad switch.

If power is comming out of ignition switch, its now just a time consumming logical test of the circuits from the switch to the rest of the starting circuit.