Thor
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I recently changed my starter solenoid as it was no longer working well. I also had removed the dash to repaint the cowling.
Initially I had problems getting the starter to kick over but after starting to trace wires under the dash everything started working? Loose wire perhaps? I couldn't see or find anything. Two nights ago I heard a snap and everything went dead.
Initially I had the battery red light come on when I turned the key to power and thought it was the starter solenoid issue again. I started tracing the wiring to the solenoid and had current to where the white/red wire went into it but no power at the starter solenoid hookup where it goes to the starter motor (No current when I turn the key to start position). So I thought ok just a bad china made solenoid.
However I am finding that if I turn the key on (just to power) so the battery red light comes on and turn anything on such as the turn signal, fan switch, etc everything goes dead.
My question is am I looking at two different problems meaning bad starter solenoid when I do have power up to the starter hookup and some short or something else under the dash to complicate things or could it be all linked together.
And where would one start to trouble shoot when everything goes dead whenever any switch is turned on? Thanks
Initially I had problems getting the starter to kick over but after starting to trace wires under the dash everything started working? Loose wire perhaps? I couldn't see or find anything. Two nights ago I heard a snap and everything went dead.
Initially I had the battery red light come on when I turned the key to power and thought it was the starter solenoid issue again. I started tracing the wiring to the solenoid and had current to where the white/red wire went into it but no power at the starter solenoid hookup where it goes to the starter motor (No current when I turn the key to start position). So I thought ok just a bad china made solenoid.
However I am finding that if I turn the key on (just to power) so the battery red light comes on and turn anything on such as the turn signal, fan switch, etc everything goes dead.
My question is am I looking at two different problems meaning bad starter solenoid when I do have power up to the starter hookup and some short or something else under the dash to complicate things or could it be all linked together.
And where would one start to trouble shoot when everything goes dead whenever any switch is turned on? Thanks