Go-Westy has a good "no-crank" troubleshooting article...
See http://gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=924
Sometimes, the spade connector going to the #50 terminal on the starter
wears loose. If it won't crank, "wiggling" this connector can help. I could
reach mine through the engine hatch...

Tom

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Bill Shawley <easywind1975@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Well 400 miles from and I go to start van (86 2wd 2.1) and it doesn't turn
> over, just a click on the relays.  I try multiple times and nothing.  I
> decide push start to get going and stop at a shop in Columbia sc, wife gets
> into drivers seat and I'm buckling the kid in
> I tell her to try to start it and voila it starts.  She said she had to
> turn the key what seemed to be really far.
>
> We are on the road but this makes every stop nerve wracking now.  Is there
> a troubleshooting procedure for the switch and is there a way to hotwire if
> it gets to that.  I'd hit the archives but it is really difficult from a
> phone.  We are en route to live oak fl,  right now we are on I 77 in south
> Carolina (9am).   Thanks for any and all help.
>
>
> Ryan
>
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