New Starter, no start

[08crd]

Originally Posted by mikelaw

Used my jumper lead again from battery direct to solenoid, started.

That only tests the starter motor, not the solenoid or the solenoid control circuit.

Originally Posted by mikelaw

Checked for voltage at starter relay with test light & it blinked on then went dull as in low voltage ( battery is charged because I can start it with jumper lead to solenoid)

That would indicate there is a bad connection in the control circuit, which is causing a volt drop, the tests renovator suggested are correct.
When you pushed on one of the connectors, you may have pushed the female connector out of the back of the plug, or bent the male connector and it isn't going into the female side correctly.

Originally Posted by mikelaw

Relay tested & working also swapped with others.
So I am getting low voltage at the stater relay, not enough to activate the solenoid via the original wiring apparently.
Maybe whatever is between the starer relay & the ignition switch ???
Ignition switch maybe ???

As renovator said, there could be a bad earth in the control circuit, which increases the resistance and drops the voltage.
Don't get confused between power circuit and control circuit, just because you jump from the battery to the large threaded stud connector on the starter solenoid and it starts, has nothing to do with the control circuit that operates the starter solenoid.
It would be easier to draw it than explain it.lol

[mikelaw]

Stuffed if I know what happened, the battery was a bit low yesterday arvo so put it on the charger overnight, had to go out today so when I got back checked out everything again & its all working on the key ??? Made up a remote starter while I was at it with the wire I was using to jump start the solenoid just in case it comes back.
( I wasn't using heavy jumper leads to the large terminals on the solenoid, I was using a small wire to the small terminal on the solenoid, you could not get large leads in there)
Mike

[08crd]

Originally Posted by mikelaw

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( I wasn't using heavy jumper leads to the large terminals on the solenoid, I was using a small wire to the small terminal on the solenoid, you could not get large leads in there)
Mike

That would indicate a bad connection on the +ve side to the solenoid, not a problem on the earth side.
A bit strange it sorted itself out, but all's well, that ends well.

[mikelaw]

Yeah, that would have been the original problem, to get the starter out I took the front fuse box out then pulled the large wiring loom just below the strut tower right up & tied it, when I jacked the left hand side of the engine up I could do it all with both hands from the top. When I poked it all back into place I must have disturbed/fixed it, my jumper wire is staying there tho, don't trust it.

[ren0vator]

Glad you got it sorted
Electrical gremlins suc

[mikelaw]

Electrical gremlins suc

Yeah, do they ever, one more to go, I have a fast left blinker that I've traced to the TIPM that's plugged into the fuse box just behind the battery, I have another one & when I plug it in it fixes my fast blinker but I have no ignition, no too worried about it yet but just annoying, probably have to get the 2nd one programmed ?
Don't want to ask Jeep that one.

[briteway]

It's the ignition switch.