Originally Posted by dmooney

I've poured over the forum and done most of the trouble shooting to determine why my wife's wagon won't crank. One day it was good, it rained and I went to move the car and nothing.

The starter doesn't crank when I turn the key. I tried the x27 jump test but wondered if I am doing it wrong so I just pulled the starter out and had it tested at two different auto shops, it checks out okay.

Doing the x27 test does the key need to be in the ignition? I got some small movement out of the starter once but now I just think the wire running down to the solenoid is compromised so I need to replace it.

The three wires that come down from the x27 to the solenoid, oil and oil (tranny?) are totally damaged and I would like to replace them but can't figure out the gauges. There is the white violet (solenoid), brown and violet (tranny), and brown and green (oil). I guess I can measure the width to figure out the gauges but wondered if anyone here might know the gauges of these wires. of course the dealership when I called them to ask if I could buy those three wires on their own and gave them the colors they told me to buy a new wiring harness.


I'm going to start with the three wires from the x27 and once I replace them move on to the nss, k38, ignition switch, etc.

I replaced the battery.

I changed out all the fuses.

I did the nss test (neutral moving shifter while turning the key). Could the nss just fail all of a sudden? how do I remove it without damaging components? It seems a bit precarious.

To test the k38 I need to pull the dash? There's no way to test this with a multimeter?

There is an nss relay behind the dash as well?

Like I said I've poured over the threads but I find myself getting a bit confused...


any help is appreciated.