Re: type3-d Digest V00 #159

["Tony Adams" <tony@orb.micro.lucent.com>]

> 1.  i dont know what is wrong but the starter will not kick over but i can
> hear a clicking coming from the solnoid and the voltage regulator.

I had similar symptoms in my 1970 square.  You may hear clicking from the
back seat area that is not necessarily the solenoid.  (I should know I
unneccesarily replaced my starter and solenoid.)  Your best and probably
easiest bet is to make sure that is what you are facinig is to get a
voltmeter and do the following:

    1.  Remove the gear selector knob, cover plate, and cover plate mounting
bracket.
    2.  Study the neutral safety switch.  There is a brass terminal "bridge"
on the selector, it moves across the brass contacts on the screwed down
plastic part of the switch.  I believe that your car will be the start in
neutral only style.  The fore (closest to front of car) pair of contacts
should be for your reverse lights.  The aft set of contacts allow current to
flow to the solenoid.  Make sure all contacts are clean and line up properly
(the only way to adjust this that I kknow of is to loosen the screws on the
switch and move it).  Make sure wire connections to switch are also clean
and not touching each other or the metal cover plate mounting bracket when
it is in place (I used some elec. tape here to avoid shorts).
    3.  With gear selector in park (or any gear besides neutral).  Place
positive lead on the ignition switch side of neutral safety switch and
negative lead on starter/solenoid side of safety switch.  When you turn the
key  (to start position) you should read roughly 12V.  If not then your
ignition switch or the wiring to/from it is bad.
    4.  Move negative lead to known ground (negative terminal of battery is
good), move positive lead to starter/solenoid side of safety switch.  Move
gear selector to neutral.  (use e-brake).  Turn key, you should read 12V
again.  If the first test worked but this one did not, there is a problem in
that saftey switch.  Check it out again.
    5.  If you do get 12V, congratulations your safety switch works great,
your problem is elsewhere.

Tony Adams
1970 Squareback FI Auto

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