How to diagnose a bad starter, ignition, neutral safety switch!

The re are 3 wires or electrodes on all starters. One is the large bolt that is attached to the main positive battery cable. One is the small wire that is sometimes purple that is attached to the ignition switch "key". And one is just a copper wire or electrode that supplies a ground/power to the starter from the solenoid.

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[karmakristiful]

dewey219 --- you should be removed, so funny with you super dooper great understanding of a starter its sad that someone like me who has no exp with car problems just fixed her car because of this video. jfyi--next time go get a 10 yr old kid to help you translate the common sense use of these skills to help you understand this correctly

[ImRamro]

@karmakristiful Thanks for the back up Kristi. I was only trying to help someone out and I am super glad it did.

Craig

[ImRamro]

@darkstorm98611 Let me find out the part name you have to replace and I will get back to you.

[ImRamro]

@darkstorm98611 My daughter had the same problem with her Toyota. We ended up swapping out the entire electronic control module?? I think that is what it is called? It is shaped like a 4" by 4" fuse panel and the problem stopped. We sold the car just afterward so I am not sure it solved the problem.

[darkstorm98611]

so 2 questions, maybe dumb or not , 1 does a 93 Toyota have some kind of a circuit protection that gets activated when something happens liek lets say when a battery dies and one tries to start it and

two, why the heck won't it start when it doesn't warm up all the way? Yet when it is warm, it starts? I would give any thing accept for my soul to have a car that were like the ones then made in the 60-70- and early 80 lol something that just works and is easy to fix with out all the extra junk.

[darkstorm98611]

it is a constant on that one , we take a quick trip to the store, it hasn't fully warmed we shut it down..were screwed for an hour.. I removed the solenoid and tested to make sure, heard a click while turning the engine over where as before there was no click. I know its a relay some where, so upon hearing this click and seeing that the light was turning on every time I bumped the switch..I plugged it back in and the dang thing started.

[darkstorm98611]

Yes I had to recover from a dead battery (fiance left door open) before starting the thing this time around , now for the life of me after charging the battery, How ever this remains the same.The car starts when it feels like it. How ever the norm is when the car runs for 5 minutes you shut the thing down, it will not restart unless it sits for an hour. when hot it runs fine, starts fine.

[darkstorm98611]

we have a with a "Random" start no start issue, I pulled the ignition wire. Hard to believe that small of a wire can cause so many issues.

Ok, I have one weird issue, I didn't hear a "clicking sound" on top of the solenoid there are 2 distinct clicks. After letting the car stand for an hour with out touching it , I took my continuity tester out and removed the wire, weird thing is after doing this , I heard a distinct click of a relay some where. and the light on the continuity tester was

[darkstorm98611]

we have a with a "Random" start no start issue, I pulled the ignition wire. Hard to believe that small of a wire can cause so many issues.

Oh and a strange will be followed up as well

1 I removed the solenoid wire, connected that continuity tool that I have had no need until now for the last 5 years,

2 ) connected to the battery ground. I wanted to make sure I had a ground.

3) Barrowed my fiance for a minute, and had her stand where she could see the light

[GeeWhiz59]

you're an idiot. That terminal is not a ground. The case is grounded. The terminal is the back side of the solenoid switch and is positive hot when the solenoid is energized