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88 S-10 no starter

I'm trying to get my old 88 S-10 back running, its been sitting for a couple years. When I turn the key to start I read a 40-50A draw on the ammeter but no starter or click. If I put a screwdriver across the pos battert and the start wire on the soloniod the starter motor runs fine and the soloniod kicks in and the engine turns over. So I'm confused here, the starter works fine and I see a big load on the ammeter like normal when using the key but it doesn;t turn when using the key. Its just a wire from the keyswitch to the soloniod right?

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reitze

I'm jumpering from the battery to the wire from the keyswitch, not down to the starter motor, so wouldn't that say the soloniod is good?

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Me

Yes it runs fine after starting with a screwdriver.

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Tim A Johnson

I figured it out guys, the battery was so dead it must have been loading down so much. After I got the truck running for about 1/2 hour I can shut it off and restart and its fine.

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Me

I still suspect your fusable link. You may have manipulated it a littel and enabled operation again. But in the near future you will find it failing again and the screwdriver starting still working. Jumper cables to the fuse block will fix it but make a hot-wire-short potential situati0on waiting to cause fire

- thus just use a fuse-l> I figured it out guys, the battery was so dead it must have been loading

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