penglish56
New Member
Hello everyone! I recently took over a project car from a friend of mine, and I've run into a problem I just can't seem to solve.
I was test driving it about a week ago when it died on me as I was driving, turning the key into the start position would have absolutely no effect, meaning no crank, spark, etc. I changed the ignition switch and had no change in behavior, the car still wouldn't crank or spark. I found out that one of the wires running from the starter relay near the battery was shot, so I changed that out and now it starts but only off of the starter motor. The moment I let the key return to the "run" position it dies. I've changed out the ballast resistor, and I've changed the wires running to it. I simply don't know where to go from here. Attached are a couple pictures of the starter relay I'm referring to. Any ideas?
I was test driving it about a week ago when it died on me as I was driving, turning the key into the start position would have absolutely no effect, meaning no crank, spark, etc. I changed the ignition switch and had no change in behavior, the car still wouldn't crank or spark. I found out that one of the wires running from the starter relay near the battery was shot, so I changed that out and now it starts but only off of the starter motor. The moment I let the key return to the "run" position it dies. I've changed out the ballast resistor, and I've changed the wires running to it. I simply don't know where to go from here. Attached are a couple pictures of the starter relay I'm referring to. Any ideas?
