Attempted to start my van yesterday after 5days sitting on the drive and got nothing on the turn of the key :shock: , no lights on dash - flat battery. Put jump leads on and got warning lights on dash but nothing from the starter motor - no power reaching the solenoid :evil: . After consulting the Haynes manual I have power running through the block connector behind the speedo pod and to the fuses but there is another block connector somewhere in the circuit I cannot find. Can anyone help me locate this? Where should the wiring run to the starter solenoid from the fuse box?
Ignition to starter motor wiring...
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It doesn't run from the fuse box. Look at where the steering column is attached to the dash, you should see a small loom coming from the ignition switch and follow it (few inches) and there should be a connector block there which has a red/black wire connected to a red wire. That is the feed from the ignition switch to the solenoid.
Finally got round to having another look tonight, the red/black wire coming from the block connector behind the steering column heads left ('72 RHD) then I lost it in a bundle but a red/black wire heads past the back of the fuse box to another block connector situated just below the bottom corner of the windscreen, then down the front panel. I have no multimeter but visibly all looks fine.
Removed, cleaned and reconnected wires at solenoid end but still get no click from the solenoid when the key is turned in the ignition.
The 'bolt?' at the bottom in the picture is loose when there is nothing attached - it turns maybe 1/8 turn anticlockwise and wobbles, turned back the other way and it no longer wobbles but it doesn't seem to hold there like thread tightening. With nut and washers all done up there is no movement, is this normal?
Removed, cleaned and reconnected wires at solenoid end but still get no click from the solenoid when the key is turned in the ignition.
The 'bolt?' at the bottom in the picture is loose when there is nothing attached - it turns maybe 1/8 turn anticlockwise and wobbles, turned back the other way and it no longer wobbles but it doesn't seem to hold there like thread tightening. With nut and washers all done up there is no movement, is this normal?
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