Re: [Chrysler300] starter question

[Bill Leahy <bleahy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

chris / i started cleaning and tightening all connections from battery to starter...and bingo the car started.  thanks for your input / billlll leahy in sunny kennewick, washington


On May 26, 2012, at 5:04 PM, christopher beilby wrote:

> On 2 of my 300Cs, 'not cranking' when battery etc seemed all fine, it was the neutral start switch on the trans failing, due to it's internal spring getting weak with use/age.
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> If you go to the starter relay next to battery (follow power lead off battery), and pick out/find  the wire (maybe light brown colour from memory, but I might be confusing colour with other old car) off it that runs down towards trans/starter. Next I think if you get a bit of elec wire and use that wire to ground the terminal that the wire you found comes from, then if you try cranking, if it now cranks, it is trans switch at fault.
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> If it is, 2 remedies 1) get a big socket and see if it will screw in a turn or two more - this will put more tension on worn spring, and it may now work again? 2) better more permanent fix - buy a new trans safety switch, and install.
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> Other elec switch that fails, but not as common on mine, is the one on intake manifold beside rear carb, sort near coil - you will see it by looking for little thing that has 2 wires on it. If you bridge the 2 wires at the switch, and the car mow cranks, do not bother looking for problems with trans switch, which usually requires car on jack or hoist to replace, so that why I suggest first you try wire grounding up top, ratrher than crawl under car.
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> Christopher in Australia - our winter snow season, in the very small area our nation has any snow, has started near 4 weeks early, and 2 days ago we had in south our coldest day for 25 years, yet still only autumn here - "Global Warming" arguments now perhaps looking a bit shaky/dodgy here for now maybe the last 2 years?!
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