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Re: Need Help Fast!!
StevieB wrote:
>
> Anybody BTDT with a 1986 A5kCST ignition switch that won't crank the
> starter motor? Everything works as it should until I turn the key in the
> start position and then nothing. No clicks, no nothing.
>
> This is an intermittent and apparently random problem as sometimes I get
> in the car and it starts right up. For a while now I've had to put
> slight upward pressure on the key to get it to work but it would always
> start. More and more it has become resistant. Now it won't engage at
> all. Battery is new, starter been replaced and works fine hot or cold.
>
> I think it may be an electrical connection in the switch itself, or a
> safety interlock switch somewhere....maybe the trans switch for Park???
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you very much. Car is sitting in an area that is not safe and may
> be towed. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Steve
There is a neutral safty switch at the shift lever which can be
bypassed in the fuse panel,position 8.Terminals 36 to 38.If it still
wont crank with key in start position connect pin 36 of relay socket to
positive battery terminal to crank engine.
turbo