I recently replaced a starter after discovering a leaking freeze plug directly above it had been steadily dripping into it. This also explained the slow loss of coolant that I had not been able to catch prior to the starter biting the dust. After replacing both parts, things appeared to be back to normal. After a couple of months, I suddenly have a no crank situation. The ignition switch on the column, the ignition lock set in the column, and the solenoid on the fender well have all been replaced. The battery has been checked and charged. Only get power to the solenoid [ it clicks] and I can jump the solenoid and crank the car. Does this sound like a bad fusible link ? If the neutral safety switch were off, I don't think it would crank when I jumped the solenoid.
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If you hear it clicking, your signal to crank is being registered. You either have a bad starter, and/or bad starter solenoid. Take a jumper cable and "crank it" by jumpering the solenoid. If the starter comes to life, bad solenoid. If its still meh, bad starter.
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If the NSS were bad, it would crank just fine if you jump the solenoid. That lives between the key switch and the fender mounted relay. Usually its the connection to the NSS thats bad, not the switch itself. Could be at the trans or at the connector where the trans harness meets the rest of it.
Try jumping from the battery to the small terminal on the side of the relay. If that goes, then the starter relay is fine, and the wire down to the starter is fine. 91 should have the small 2 wire starter, so that would also prove out the fat constant hot cable. If it does not go, check the fat cable to the starter as well as the small wire that comes off the fender mounted relay and the solenoid on the starter itself. Fuzz on that small wire connection will make it click but not do anything else.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
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I will add that cheap reman starters are very hit and miss in my experience. Went through three on a 99 f250 before getting a good one; it's been fine ever since. These were from autozone.1990 Country Squire - under restoration
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^^^This. I remember years ago my buddy would have to put a starter on his Ranger every 3 months or so. Good ole Chinese rebuild quality.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
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