The only thing that tells me is it ain't cranking over real fast.
Look, I don't know what you're trying to do but if this car sat for eight months, there may be multiple issues,
is the battery new/fully charged?
good connections? This could be the smoking issue, overheated cable/bad connections/low voltage, high resistance.
bad fuel, low fuel pressure,
verify one thing at a time.
Thanks for your input. The battery is not new. It reads 11 volts. That is enough for the car to start, correct? The battery’s connections are clean though I lost the nut for the negative terminal hold down, not sure if that would change anything. I will replace that. I will check for fuel pressure tomorrow.Stop looking for a 'fix in a bottle'
verify that things are working, good battery, good fuel/pressure is the starting point.
Alright thanks for the info, will charge the batteryWithout getting into technical talk, 11 volts plus any resistance, meaning bad connections, old battery cables and electrical load, is not enough to safely crank the engine and can/will overheat wiring. Also cook the starter.
a fully charged battery should read like 12.6 + volts.
No it cranks now, sorry if I wasn’t clear. I was missing the plug in connector on the starter relay.I would troubleshoot the no crank first.
Make sure car is in nuetral, turn key to on. Use a screwdriver and touch positive terminal with all the connections on it to the small center post. That should bridge the starter relay and turn the motor over
Yes, but that is with the coil wire unplugged at the distributor and me bridging the point at the plug in connector and the positive terminal point on the starter relay. Is that bad?You get a loud click at the starter and the engine does not turn over?
The engine does crank if everything is plugged in, yes.No, I just wanted to be sure about the car cranking over.
The little wire should have power only when holding the key in the start position. That’s the only time you want the relay (solenoid) sending power to the starter.alright so I tested the starter relay with a voltmeter. I get no power when put into the run position and voltmeter inside the little red plug. Does this mean bad relay?
The engine does crank if everything is plugged in, yes.
This is getting hard to fallow, see post #27.Another probably important thing to note is that it will get closer to starting the longer it has been sitting. I hadn’t attempted starting it in like 3 days and it was close and then the try right after gave me nothing again. It is like as soon as the starter gets warm the more trouble it has starting.
Yes, thank you.The little wire should have power only when holding the key in the start position. That’s the only time you want the relay (solenoid) sending power to the starter.
One of the big terminals should have power all the time a sound and charged battery is attached. The other big terminal should have power only when the little terminal has power.
Does that help?
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