Heh. A couple of  months ago I was driving down the highway, when the engine backfired fiercely (Subaru SVX engine in this case). I put it in neutral and it died. While rolling, I tried to start it, but not a whimper. When I rolled to a stop on the shoulder I opened up the engine compartment….saw a wire disconnected from the starter. Reconnected it, started right now. I figure the backfire caused the wire to come off (no things weren’t really happy still, but that’s a whole different story.) Being able to get the engine started meant I could limp it over to a shop to look at more thoroughly. 

> On Apr 3, 2020, at 5:16 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> So today I drove the 91 to get groceries. Went to a store ~ 4 miles from home. Drove there no problem. Do my shopping. Get in the van, turn the key no start. No cranking at all.
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> So it a bit cool rainy and nasty out. After getting my lack of patience when stuff don't work figured lets see what happened.
> So at first though is battery dead! I have one of those USB sockets wit voltmeter. 12.5 volts. Turn key, warning lights on, turn key to start, dim slightly. Ried with gear shift not in park or neutral, no change, so in park the dimming tells me we are trying to energize the solenoid.
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> So go in back. Who put all the groceries on top of the engine? Yea, move all the stuff. Get rid of the mattress and rug, lift the cover watch it fall, lift again and move it so it stays up. Anyway, look for anything wrong, nothing. So thinking just a case of maybe solenoid sticking or excessive voltage drop. So get tool box. Piece of wire. This is a GoWesty starter so there is an unused terminal on the solenoid harness. So make jumper and connect from terminal back of alternator to solenoid. It cranks. Go back up front, turn on ignition, go back, use jumper to start and on my way.
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> Get home, try with key and its works as it should! Go figure.
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> Dennis