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Old 05-17-2018, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Graham View Post
Actually, on my car jumping either of the large screws with the smaller one spins the starter. Jumping the two larger ones does nothing.

However, engine does start!

Funnily enough, I did not hear any unusual noise from the engine bay. Need to re-check, but yesterday it seemed to come from under car.
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If the key is not in the ignition and you jump the terminal block (big screw to small screw) and it starts, your shutoff switch in the ignition lock is faulty.
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