Car Not Starting Please Help

Okay my cousin has a 89 rs 5.0 tbi, and he has a intermittent problem, if it's hot outside and he drives his car and parks it when he tries to start it up it doesn't, you don't even hear it trying to turn over, and it's not the vats because the security light doesn't come on. i told him i might be the starter or the solenoid. what do you guys think,

i'd think your guess is a reasonable one. How old is the starter?

i'm pretty damn sure it's the stock one, so it's pretty freaking old, so how hard would it be to swap out the starter and solenoid, we should swap both out at the same time right?

should just be a few bolts and a wire or 2, i guess...

yeah i just checked the price on the starter and it's only 55 with a core return for a ac delco starter, i didn't see how much the solenoid cost though.

You'd want to replace both as a unit, as it was designed to save yourself alot of grief.

IF it is as old as you say, I stronlgy recommend some patience in breaking the old bolts free and REPLACE them. You'll see why when you're under there, and it's a loooong afternoon walking a cracked bolt out under there.

SmokingIroc- i'm pretty damn sure it's the stock one, so it's pretty freaking old, so how hard would it be to swap out the starter and solenoid, we should swap both out at the same time right?

survay says ding ding ding! yes, doing both at the same time is always a good idea, that way you eliminate the problem of either one not working correctly

Yup It isnt that hard, probably hardest part is getting under there and finding the right size to take it out.

hell yeah i got my first star, and don't worry the cookies are baking.

heh welcome to the AF regular club, your first requirment is to post pictures of your car with that badass engine you desrcibe in your signature. DOIT DOIT NOW!!! dont make me get the moderators! :)

i don't have a digital camera, but i'll try and do this weekend, by the way your car looks good.

well thank you veary much, an yes the digital camara is your friend!

i didnt know camaro's made 5.0's, i thought the 8's were all 5.7's?? but then again i know nothing of 3rd gen's at all so i may be wrong again lol

305=5.0 350=5.7

Yup, I think all 2nd gens had 5.0s too, and 5.7s..

my camaro rs would not start , at first it would after trying over and over, eventualy it wouldn't start at all.
I took the car to a mechanic they charged me a bunch of money replaced the computer, the fuel injectors, all kinds of bullshit
that worked for a couple days. then i had the same problem. I found this web site and after looking through thousands of these
discussions, some body told me to check the chip in the key to see if it was connecting, and it wasn't, so I was told to take a diode
that measured the same amount of OHMS as the chip in the key, and connect it to two wires in an orange sleve at the bottom of the
steering column. which would connect the two and compllete a circuit. which worked for a while but one day the car died and still
will not startso i am still looking for answers.


but it did work for a while here's how I did it
1. I took the chip out of the key
2. connect one of the wires in the sleve to each side (be creative)
but.... do not harm the chip....
THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP
CHECK V.A.T.S, PASS KEY DECODER MODULE