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Old Aug 30, 2025 | 06:59 PM
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Battery and terminals are new. Was running fine. Could it be the VATS? Anything else?
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Old Aug 30, 2025 | 08:36 PM
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Starter or alternator. Does it crank at all? Is the security light on?
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Old Aug 31, 2025 | 04:51 PM
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Intermittant. When it wont crank it clicks like a dead battery. I am changing the starter. Bypassed the vats. The light goes out. Only thing i can think of left is the clutch neutral switch.
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Sounds to me like the clutch neutral safety switch is working then. I'm thinking poor connection somewhere. Be surprised how often it turns out to be just that.
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Old Sep 1, 2025 | 02:30 PM
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Why do you think the safety switch is good?
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Old Sep 1, 2025 | 02:56 PM
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Because you get a click, so that means the Starter Relay is energizing. If it's a loud click that you hear and it's under the car, sounds like the Starter Solenoid is hitting but the Starter Motor is out. Bad Starter.

New Battery doesn't mean **** unless you checked it with a meter and made sure it has the right voltage. I've seen dead new ones right off the shelf. I always check them there with my meter.
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@RPM WS6 there's that AI profile again repeating my post almost word for word.. ^^^
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Old Sep 13, 2025 | 05:44 PM
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Narrowed it down to the ign sw rod. Looks like it came loose or broke from the linkage. I used a cam to look up into the column. Do i have to remove the tilt pins and remove the head to access this part?
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How do you get the rod back on and why did it come off?
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