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| Hammy |
 Feb 22 2005, 06:43 PM
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mr. Wonderful  Group: Members Posts: 1,826 Joined: 20-October 04 From: Columbia, California Member No.: 2,978 Region Association: Northern California  |
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...(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)
Where do we look now? Oh and there's a starter relay kit installed... |
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| mrihop |
Feb 22 2005, 06:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 6-November 04 From: Pahrump, NV Member No.: 3,068 Region Association: None |
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.
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| Hammy |
Feb 22 2005, 07:03 PM
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mr. Wonderful Group: Members Posts: 1,826 Joined: 20-October 04 From: Columbia, California Member No.: 2,978 Region Association: Northern California |
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?
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| Mueller |
Feb 22 2005, 07:06 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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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 |
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| Dave_Darling |
Feb 22 2005, 07:09 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,982 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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There should be no fuse in the starting circuit. Something else is going on here... Not sure what, though.
--DD |
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| mrihop |
Feb 22 2005, 07:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 6-November 04 From: Pahrump, NV Member No.: 3,068 Region Association: None |
The fuel pump will turn on with just the key unless you have a 1.8 FI engine. |
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| mrihop |
Feb 22 2005, 07:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 6-November 04 From: Pahrump, NV Member No.: 3,068 Region Association: None |
Check the ground strap to your tranny. I almost always forget that will keep your starter from working too.
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