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Originally Posted by LouM...  As Bradestar said. Just re-emphasizing with some real world experience...
Sounds like the starter isn't properly grounded. The starter gets it's ground from the engine. Starter case to engine block to ground.
As a test, hook a jumper cable from the starter case (or nearby) to a body ground or right on the negative battery post. Then see if the starter works. That should eliminate a ungrounded/partially grounded engine as the problem.
Had this problem on an E31. After replacing with 3 starters and chasing our tails for a while. We finally found out that the engine grounding cable was corroded between the engine and cable terminal not providing a good enough ground to run the starter. Everything else was fine.
Good luck and let us know what your resolution was.
LouM... |
Fantastic. I will give that a go first since it's the easiest. Just wondering how the hell it would click if there was no ground to complete the circuit?