Originally posted by Smitty Smitwagg:
If you can feel R6 clicking then: 1. the start position of the ignition switch is good. 2. R6 is getting the input signal from the ignition switch so the wiring is good.

Just becasue R6 clicks when you turn the key doesn't mean that it is good. Relays can click but the internal switch can be bad. What you need to do now is check out the starter and find the solenoid, like Brapple said, its attached to the starter the solenoid looks like a little round tube with wires going to the back of it. There might be a cover on the back of the solenoid to protect the wires, if there is take it off. Use a voltage meter and check for voltage on the smaller of the wires when your wife turns the key to start. If you see battery voltage then that means that R6 is good and the wiring is good and the starter is bad and needs replacement. If you don't see voltage then R6 is bad and needs to be replaced. If you put the voltage meter on the big wire that comes from the battery, that should also have battery voltage all the time.





I was just rereading this thread to see if there is anything I missed...

I was thinking bad ignition switch, but this post seems to say no to that since R6 does click when I attempt to start it. I have a new R6 relay I have tried as well.

Originally posted by Smitty Smitwagg:

check for voltage at the starter by testing for voltage at the large wire going to the starter. You should have the battery voltage here all the time. Then put the meter on the smaller wire and with the clutch pressed down turn the key to start the engine and thats when you should see battery voltage at the solenoid wire.

If you don't get power going to the smaller wire then there are probably any one of 3 things wrong, R6 is bad, the neutral safety switch is bad or the start contact in the ignition switch is bad.

I'm beginning to think more and more that becasue these two problems, the starter and the fuel pump seemed to happen almost simultaneously I'm starting to get a gut feeling that you need to invest some effort into testing the ignition switch. Becasue the ignition switch is the one individual part that is part of both systems.



I guess I should check the starter wiring out tonight. How exactly would I do that? Reading Volts, touch the red lead where and the black lead where? I tried to read it the other night and got all 0's but wasn't really sure if I was doing it right.

If I was doing it right, what might that mean? A bad wire between the battery and starter? How do you fix that? Could it still be the ignition?

I'm so confused.

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