While trying to fire up my engine last fall, had several prolems with the electrical. Ignition switch was dead inside in the start mode, but was working in the run mode.
Continued to try to get the car started by crossing the terminals using a large screwdriver on the relay. This work fine for about three to four cranks, then all of a sudden, when the ignition in the car was in the run mode, the starter was engaging, and the engine was trying to crank. Seemed weird at the time that all of a sudden it "broke". Simply removed the wire running from the ignition switch to the relay, hooked up a bare wire from the relay, and touched to the positive terminal on the battery and fired up and broke in the engine.
Replaced the ignition switch today, thinking that was the problem. Still have the same issue. When the ignition is in run mode, the starter is engaging. Could we have fried the Starter relay doing what we did? Any other thoughts on what to replace to fix this? Electricity has never been my strong suit, so speak in simple terms for me!! Thanks,
- rich