I did some work on the ole 89 Trooper today. Disconnected the battery, did what I needed to do, and reconnected the battery.
Went to start the Trooper. Idiot lights light up, there is a faint 'click' and then an even fainter 'hmmmm' or 'bzzzz'.
Checked the battery connections, everything is fine. Checked the fusible links, all OK.
Put a meter on the battery, 12.5 +/- volts. Turned the key to start, voltage drops maybe 0.1 volts.
So.... I'm guessing the starter solenoid puked. It's not pulling in and making contact for the starter.
Before I spend an hour on my back under the Trooper pulling said starter, is this a reasonable prognosis?
Any way to test the starter solenoid in place?
I figure I'll put a meter on it to make sure it's getting power, but the click and hummm seem to indicate it's getting juice, just not clicking in.
And, is there anything I could have done in disconnecting the battery to cause this failure to start? Everything checks out OK; I have power to everything, and putting battery cables on ain't rocket science.....
--Kamus