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Originally Posted by somick
I figured out you need help but it is hard to understand what is going on.
If you still need help try to ask one or two questions. Avoid stories about where you store your food, etc.
Good luck,
Sam
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Thanks Sam, I'll avoid the mice issue and I'll just ask one or two each time.
I have a brand new battery now so that should eliminate current/voltage available issues. Since the mice DID damage a wire or two, I will need to ET2000 for shorts at some point. So far, I think I've gotten most shorts out of the system. And I've begun to check fuses/voltages at fuse box. But how about if I start with 1 or 2 questions right away (jumping ahead a little perhaps).
I just went outside and pulled the solenoid wire off. I stuck a voltmeter on the solenoid wire, put the voltmeter on my windshield, went inside the car, depressed the clutch, then turned the key first to on, then further to start. In each of those positions, the meter reads about 10v or so. My meter was not zerod properly so I will take a better meter out before darkness and try to pin down the exact voltage on the solenoid wire. It seems to be the same irregardless of just key on or key trying to start.
We'll get back to the above but I would love to take my remote starter from Autozone, pull the red battery terminal off, connect one alligator to the postive terminal of the battery, and then the other alliigator to the solenoid pin to see if I hear something from the starter. I also realize that I SHOULD hear a fuel pump go on at some point. I may try to find a neighbor to help me because so far I have not been able to listen for a fuel pump.
Sorry for any troubles with the mice and all but it took me 3 hours of cleaning and vacuuming - I work very hard with nature, and I just didn't quite finish my outside storage system, before the mice moved in. Now there is no food in my car so they probably will not come back.
I started checking fuse voltages - I get 12v on either side of the 50A fuse. I need to keep going on the fuses so I probably won't be able to check the fuses until tomorrow. I cannot work at night until I get my car into the garage, hence my desire to start it via a remote starter. I DO realize that there may be a cutoff/clutch/etc.. stuff that needs to be on to start the engine. But if there is a way to start the engine by my remote switch, I would like to at least try so I can move my car into the garage without having to push it. It's hard for me to turn my car around. To be honest, I CAN do it myself, but it's kind of a drag to turn my car 90 degrees to the garage before pushing it back.
Ok, I'll try to keep it more direct in the future.
Thanks for responding.
PS Luckily, I do have a service manual, and the article by Bushuogoma will help a lot and by Scottie Kilmer. They are helping me. I just
need to keep studying which fuses, etc.. At least I am got started on this. I am reading now which fuses to check.
PSS One more thing, I have now zerod my meter so I will have two meters that should read from an ok basline, so that 10v might have been more like 12v or so. I will not be able to do much more until tomorrow. I need to see which fuses to check/replace and check for shorts I guess. Or perhaps try to start it with my remote switch.