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Subject:Re: No start, no click.
From:mark drillock
Date:Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:18:30 -0800

Sorry, I missed that you were turning it all the way to start and
hearing the pump at that point and not just from turning the key to on.

Mark

mark drillock wrote:
> The "ignition switch" has 4 switches inside that power different things.
> One or more can still work while one or more others have gone bad. The
> switch that powers things to make the fuel pump run is a different
> switch than the one that makes the starter motor crank.
>
> Mark
>
> Craig Cowan wrote:
>> Further investigation shows that jumping the battery has no effect,
>> still no crank. The spades on the neutral switch appear tight, as do
>> the bolts off the battery terminal.
>>
>> The key turned to start powers up the fuel pump, so it can't be the
>> ignition switch right?
>>
>> -craig
>>
>>
>