clutch/starter interlock
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clutch/starter interlock
Intermittant trouble starting, I can hear the click when I push in the clutch, but occasionally having to do it 4 or 5 times to get the starter to engage.
Can anyone give me advice on how to remove or bypass the clutch/starter lock?
Thx
Can anyone give me advice on how to remove or bypass the clutch/starter lock?
Thx
'93 Legacy SS 5MT
are you sure it is not the internal contacts in the starter motor ? I had the same symptoms and replacing the starter motor with a rebuild fixed it, for $70.
With an assistant, see if you are getting voltage to the starter when you hear the inoperable click. If you are then it isn't the clutch switch. Also if the lights are dimming noticeably on that click, think starter.
With an assistant, see if you are getting voltage to the starter when you hear the inoperable click. If you are then it isn't the clutch switch. Also if the lights are dimming noticeably on that click, think starter.
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So you are hearing the click when you push the clutch in? If so, the relay is working normally, and it's probably the starter solenoid contacts.
Josh
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Clutch Switch
My car has been getting harder and harder to start because the clutch isn't completing the circuit when you depress it. If it does connect it fires right up, but no clicks or nothin when it does not connect the circuit. Any idea how difficult it is to replace this switch (how much it costs)... or if this might be a cable tightening?
Again, when it starts, it fires right up... but when it doesn't, no clicks or anything. Clutch switch?
Again, when it starts, it fires right up... but when it doesn't, no clicks or anything. Clutch switch?
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I'm going with starter solenoid contacts on that one as well. Clutch switches rarely fail, but the starters routinely fail when our cars are this age. It happened to me as well. Turn the key and nothing three or 4 times then the car would start like nothing happened.
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That's cool (or that sucks... I guess it depends).
So do I need to replace the starter, or is there something else I can try to take care of the solenoid contacts? I'm near the end... and don't wanna be stranded. Today after work it was 5 minutes without a single click (hot and humid), but then I stomped and turned the key simultaneously and it fired. Then tonight, crackles and fizzles and firing up pretty quick several times in a row (cooler out).
I'm near the end... testing fate.... whatever you wanna say!
So do I need to replace the starter, or is there something else I can try to take care of the solenoid contacts? I'm near the end... and don't wanna be stranded. Today after work it was 5 minutes without a single click (hot and humid), but then I stomped and turned the key simultaneously and it fired. Then tonight, crackles and fizzles and firing up pretty quick several times in a row (cooler out).
I'm near the end... testing fate.... whatever you wanna say!
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Replacing the contacts is pretty easy.
Here are some pics of where they are
http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/images/swap/13
Here are some pics of where they are
http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/images/swap/13
Josh
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1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
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1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
The contacts in the starter interlock relay may have welded together. Pull the relay and see if the car starts.
Also check for continuity across the two high current terminal leads. You should not have continuity across those leads without power being applied to the relay's solenoid.
Also check for continuity across the two high current terminal leads. You should not have continuity across those leads without power being applied to the relay's solenoid.
Josh
surrealmirage.com/subaru
1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
surrealmirage.com/subaru
1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm