RE: 94 Dak - Click but no start - Help!

From: Rick Barnes (rascal@scrtc.com)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2006 - 21:31:24 EDT


How is the battery? Check the battery connections.

Rascal

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of droo
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:23 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: 94 Dak - Click but no start - Help!

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:26:23 -0400, David Henry <DML@HenryWeb.net> wrote:

>
> The good news is I made it back from the national meet.
>
> I changed the oil, although it sat for a couple weeks with the fresh oil
> in,
> and now it's not starting. I'll assume the oil change is unrelated to
> the
> no-start. I hear a click that I'm fairly sure is the starter relay, but
> I'm
> looking for tips on how to confirm the starter is the culprit. Acording
> to
> the FSM, I need to pull the steering shaft to get the starter out, and I
> don't want to do that if it isn't the problem.
>
> -- David 94 CC Sport 4x4, 318, 5spd, Lifted with 33" BFG MT's
>

Sounds like the starter. I hear giving it a couple wacks with a hammer or
something similar that it can get the starter going. At least if it isn't
totally dead. If you do this and it starts, most likely the starter.

-- 
-droo

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