lg_fry
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So I'll give some background before I get into it, I joined the navy a year and a half ago and left my s40 to sit while I went off to boot camp and A school and finally to my duty station, so I've finally got it up here and started really working on it. When I left it sit, it didn't run, symptoms included not being able to get the battery to hold a charge and the starter/solenoid clicking really fast when trying to jump start it. Got a new earthx closed cell battery, some parts and figured I'd get to work. First thing I did today was replace the rectifier because I remembered the charging issue. Tried to start, left the kill switch on, thought I needed a new starter solenoid, swapped in a universal, realized my goof, still wouldn't start, put back the original solenoid, still nothing. The guy at the parts store advised me to run a wire directly from the positive terminal of the battery to the starting lug on the starter for a second and if it spun, the starter is good. Did all that, starter spun, sounded good to go. But here I am, solenoid is good, starter is good, motor spins, but it doesn't want to all come together. Tomorrow I'm going to borrow a buddy's fluke and run some continuity tests to try and chase down the gremlins but I figured I'd put my story out there to see if anyone had a clue.
Oh yeah, specs: 07 S40, chain drive, vm36, about 14k miles, never garaged, ridden hard and put away wet.
Thanks for reading and any input is appreciated.
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