"msfortune" wrote: > John Myer wrote: > > My cousin had his 1991 Cavalier 2.2 parked at a friends for > a few > months. > > He went to start the car the other day but it wouldn't > crank. I > tested the > > battery for him and it was ok. I gave him a starter that I > had and he > > installed it today. No crank again. I tested the battery > again it was > good. > > I did notice that when the key was turned to start there was > no load > put on > > the battery. I will try and trace the positive wire from the > battery > back to > > the starter with a test light to see if power is getting to > the > starter. If > > not could it be an ignition switch? Thank you > > You may have answered your own question. You've been working > backwords > in solving the problem. There was nothing wrong with the > battery or > starter and you swapped both instead of checking. The first > step should > have been banging on the ignition switch and moving the > shifter around > to toggle the neutral safety switch because it sounds like one > of them > is the cause. And of course you must check all the > connections. You > could have a cable that is coroded inside where you can't see, > but if > it started two months ago a simple switch connection is more > likely.
its the igniton switch. same thing happened to me with my 97 cavalier. will need tiny 12 point socket(1/8"). you can use pliers also like i did(to take out the screws)