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Mopar Garage => Electric, Gauges, & Lights => Topic started by: frank1966 on March 27, 2014, 03:10:25 PM

Title: Not Starting all of a sudden!
Post by: frank1966 on March 27, 2014, 03:10:25 PM
Battery is good, when I turn the key gauges moves and there is an electrical hum like sound, no click, no sound. Ignition switch has a lot of play in it along with the floor shifter. I played around with the shifter - no change. Where do I begin?
Title: Re: Not Starting all of a sudden!
Post by: HemiFish on March 27, 2014, 04:13:50 PM
Not sure what kind of car you have, but if it is an older Charger, check the ballast resistor on the firewall. That is a pretty common failure on the older Mopars.
Title: Re: Not Starting all of a sudden!
Post by: green69rt on March 27, 2014, 04:25:55 PM
Quote from: HemiFish on March 27, 2014, 04:13:50 PM
Not sure what kind of car you have, but if it is an older Charger, check the ballast resistor on the firewall. That is a pretty common failure on the older Mopars.

I thought that ballast resistor was only in the circuit when the engine was running, not during start  :shruggy:   Anyway, I always check the battery and the battery terminals as a first step.  A weak battery can send you off on the strangest hunts!!

Then start checking the grounds from engine to chassis and the battery ground.
Title: Re: Not Starting all of a sudden!
Post by: charger1972 on March 27, 2014, 04:31:35 PM
My 72 has a ground terminal on the starter relay that used to come off once in awhile . When it did , no click but power everywhere else.
Title: Re: Not Starting all of a sudden!
Post by: Dino on March 28, 2014, 07:45:45 AM
Quote from: frank1966 on March 27, 2014, 03:10:25 PM
Battery is good, when I turn the key gauges moves and there is an electrical hum like sound, no click, no sound. Ignition switch has a lot of play in it along with the floor shifter. I played around with the shifter - no change. Where do I begin?

Replace the ignition switch and fix the play in the shifter linkage.  Check the neutral safety switch.
Title: Re: Not Starting all of a sudden!
Post by: frank1966 on March 29, 2014, 07:23:05 AM
Its a 70 charger RT. Your right first fix the slop in the tranny and the ignition switch.