Car died on me

[boblister]

Hi any ideas please. C3 1979 has power, the lights work but it won’t turn over. I’m thinking it might be the starter motor, or solenoid. Does anyone have any other ideas

 

[XFIRE82]

does it click or anything when you turn the key ? if an automatic did you try in both park and neutral ? any issues before this happened ? could be solenoid , fusable link . Sometimes hit the starter a few times with a hammer and try it again.

 

[Rruuff Day]

Hi any ideas please. C3 1979 has power, the lights work but it won’t turn over. I’m thinking it might be the starter motor, or solenoid. Does anyone have any other ideas

Soundls like the solenoid or possibly a bad ground. Do the lights dim atall when you try to engage the starter? The other possibility I can think of at the moment would be one of the safety lock-out switches.

 

[gdh]

Do you have a volt/amp tester? If so turn on ignition touch the leads to the starter pos/neg. if nothing likely the fusable link as X stated. To find the link follow the wires up from the starter maybe a foot. If toast you can use a wire to bump the starter. If still nothing there is another link to check closer to the ignition key. If that is good then Rruff and X have the checkpoint steps covered.

 

[rick coldin]

there is a 16 gauge purple wire on the starter solenoid when you turn your key to start it sends 12volts on the purple wire check that