[Chevelle-list] Car won't start

[Chuck Kranz]

  Replace the ignition/start switch.
-Chuck - 65 Chevelle 327 4 speed

John Nasta wrote:
> Don't just buy terminals. Get new cables. You'll be glad you did. You 
> may want to convert to the Ford solenoid as well while you have it apart.
> 
> How's the battery? The headlights not working suggests that the problem 
> is not the starter.
> 
> Good luck,
> John Nasta
> 
> 
> Quoting Josh Campbell <countryroad_82 at yahoo.com>:
> 
>> Hey all here is a good one. Not long after I got the 71 the car  
>> wouldn't start I just figured it was the fact the positive end of  the 
>> soleniod was loose or the crappy battery terminals, which I am  not 
>> ruling out.... yet. Anyway today I jerked the starter off and  fixed 
>> the soleniod. I tried the key and it bumped over for a second  then 
>> quit. Then I tried the lights, nothing. So I thought bad  connection, 
>> I wiggled the wires and checked the fuses and nothing.  So tomorrow 
>> I'm off to buy some terminals. Any other ideas in case  that don't 
>> work? Anyway thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>> Josh Campbell
>>   66 SS 396 (Black on the rotisseree, 1st car never part with it)
>>   66 SS 396 (Red got it on a trade I only wanted the steering wheel)
>>   87 Monte Carlo SS (The modern Chevelle especially when you add the 
>>  right stuff)
>>   71 Malibu (Something new to blow my money on)