Well I was coming home from a junkyard buying springs.... on the way home the brake light light came on telling me one was out ( not sure if this means anything but I figured I'd post it anyway). I went to start the car a few hours later and nothing. There is a cut off switch, so I removed it and wired to two wires togeter in case the switch went bad...nothing. I have to go back with someone to see if I get spark or not but I dont smell gas when I try to start it. Usually I would , right? Also I used to be able to put the car in neutral once the keys are in but now I have to stick a key in the release hole to move the gears around (96 lx auto). Had to do this to get to cut off switch in ashtray. Again not sure if it means anything but I want to post what ever I know. The car has almost 100k on it. I am hoping its just a fuse or something. What can I do to trouble shoot the car? How do I test to see if its getting fuel or not? Any suggestions on what may be wrong? Please help guys I am broke as hell and missing a day of work and paying for repairs is gonna screw up my already shitty *** holidays...


Modified by EnKidu at 11:29 AM 12/20/2004

 

Changed the igniter module, still no spark, could it be the coil?

 

i think that might be the coil, you need to head back to the same scrap yard and get yourself the coil off that same car!

 

I am a little confused. You say you have a cut off switch that you have hot wired to
try the start the car. This would have been my guess as to what is wrong since you could not move the gear shift in the normal manner. I guess you have eliminated what i would think the problem would have been. Since your brake light light came on this would tell me you have an electrical problem and I do think it is related to your start problem. If you address this problem the non starting may go away. I would fix your brake light issue if it really does indicate a light is out. If no light is out I would look at your electrical connections very close with a meter. It sounds like you have a connection issue somewhere and it may take time to find. Most likely is usually the fuse blocks or block. Good luck. Oh and watch the language!


Modified by tr3-2001SE at 4:39 PM 12/20/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tr3-2001SE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am a little confused. You say you have a cut off switch that you have hot wired to
try the start the car. This would have been my guess as to what is wrong since you could not move the gear shift in the normal manner. I guess you have eliminated what i would think the problem would have been. Since your brake light light came on this would tell me you have an electrical problem and I do think it is related to your start problem. If you address this problem the non starting may go away. I would fix your brake light issue if it really does indicate a light is out. If no light is out I would look at your electrical connections very close with a meter. It sounds like you have a connection issue somewhere and it may take time to find. Most likely is usually the fuse blocks or block. Good luck.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks bro...afetr all of this and when I pulled out the number 3 spark plug the thing was full of oil... I will post vany progress...