This is topic starting issue in forum Tech Talk at Northern California Ford Owners  .


To visit this topic, use this URL:
https://californiafords.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=020935

---

Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
i didnt wanna jack 940sick3 post so here we go im having the same problem that when i turn the key nothing but when i do the screwdriver trick if starts up just fine . i just replaced the solneoid and coil and still nothing . there is a kill switch spliced into the connector for the coil tho could tha be the problem?
 

---

Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 
Check you fuses first. After that it's time to bust out the multi-meter and start testing the ignition system. Start with the switch and work your way through the circuits until you find the issue.

Good luck
 

---

Posted by blown95svt (Member # 8893) on :
 
sounds like there is a problem in you remote wire fot the soliniod. follow the little blue wire the plugs on top of the solinoid. have someone turn the key and test it with a test light. it will go into the steering colum
 

---

Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
shit ill give it a try ill let u guys noe what happens.
 

---

Posted by blown95svt (Member # 8893) on :
 
oh! forgot to mention, the wire should have power when the ket is in the starting postion.
 

---

Posted by 306 fifty (Member # 6749) on :
 
i havent checked it yet cus im putting my cousins lx back together but if it is that wire what should i do run a new one? or it its not the wire what else could it be? and another thing i just want to put out there is when itried to put on a scanner for the check engine light it said error so i thought it was a shitty scanner but when i usde the snap on computer scanner at my boys shop it wouldnt read it either could the comp. be bad? or is it something else?????
 

---

Posted by blown95svt (Member # 8893) on :
 

 

---

Posted by dubfive-0 (Member # 8965) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by 306 fifty:
i didnt wanna jack 940sick3 post so here we go im having the same problem that when i turn the key nothing but when i do the screwdriver trick if starts up just fine . i just replaced the solneoid and coil and still nothing . there is a kill switch spliced into the connector for the coil tho could tha be the problem?

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by 306 fifty:
and for some reason my dome light stay on whats up wit that?

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by 306 fifty:
damm dimmer switch was on but anyways ok fellas so ive basically pulled off everything except the dash on stared my way down the harness testing the top wire that goes to the soleniod and from the connector, it has power some where along the way it lose it and i guess they "bypassed the clutch sensor by just unpluging the connector with the blue wires and cutting off the connector with the red wires and just hooked all the red wires togeher if i reconnect the wire connectors u think it will work? or running a new wire my self or hooking a toggle switch to it? wtf should i do???? i hate electrical problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

---

try connecting it back where its suppost to be, see if it works (it should!) before you do anything else and let us know what happens and remember to start the the with the clutch on
 

---