Don't know what year your car is but pretty much everything after the pull
starter cars has a little rubber cap between the poles on the solenoid. Push
there and it should crank over. It is a manual way to crank the engine from
under the hood.
If it clicks when you try the key but doesn't crank, you are not getting
enough ooomph to the solenoid and/or starter. Bad contacts, bad ground or
bad battery. Don't be fooled by a bad battery... Sometimes they will charge
up to the correct voltage but have no ampherage!!!
Kent
1960 Bugeye
1978 Midget "Drippy" (How's that for a name?)
1976 Midget "Boneyard" (Seeing the future)
Subject: <no subject>
> Hi Spridgeteers! I'm happy to be back on the Spridgets list - Not sure
how
> long I'll be able to stay, but I sure have missed you guys.
>
> I have a problem requiring the assistance of the experts here..... One of
> the Midgets won't start (well, actually, none of them will start right
now,
> but let's take one at a time). The starter tests out fine; the battery is
> fine; the solenoid clicks; but the starter won't turn. Is my problem the
> solenoid? How do I test it?
> -Nory
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