Ok, I have done a search and came up with nothing. Today, my car started to get a little hot, no worries, but when I turned it off, it would not start back up. A couple times I would get the click, others, nothing at all. Upon checking out my starter, I found three purple wires, the black ground, and a small green one. The green was unplugged from something. It was just the wire and the inside prong of a connector. When I touch it to the body to ground it, there is a soloniod that clicks on the drivers side, I am assuming the starter soloniod?? It was just sitting there. Anyone know where it may go or what it is for? I looked and could not find where it might go. It is in the same bunch of wires as the power for the starter. Any help would be great, considering my car is sitting at a 7-11 right now and been there all day. Thanks.

Kirk

 

The green wire should have nothing to do with the starter circuit.
It might be the fan relay wire that goes on the temp switch in the passenger head (between the last two spark plugs). Sometimes this wire is gree, sometimes black, sometimes grey, depends on year/model.

There should be also only ONE purple wire. It goes on the small post on the starter solenoid. Then there should be a BIG THICK honking cable that connects to one of the big posts on the starter solenoid. And there should be a few decently big orange wires that connect to the SAME big post as the big honking cable.

Check if the small purple wire isn't loose, that would cause a no-crank situation.

Also, if the starter only clicks but doesn't crank, turn the key back to Run position and try cranking again .... and if it keeps clicking, keep turning the key forward repeatedly until the starter engages.

Hope this helps.
Lou

 

Yes, the wire for the fan relay is already in place in the head. Did think the orange ones were purple. I will check the purple wire.

Could the green wire be part of the neutral safety switch? Its an auto trans.

Thanks for the reply.

 

The neutral safety switch is inside the car, it's not by the starter at all.
The neutral safety switch does have a green wire but it's for the back up lights.

If grounding the green wire makes something click under the hood, I'd find out what it is. That will tell you a lot.

Lou

 

thanks again. is there anyway I can "jump start" the starter. My car is about 7 mins from my house, and I really dont want to pay a tow company 80 for such a short distance.

 

use a long screw driver jump the hot to the solenoid it should crank the starter over other issues depending id check to see if your ignition wire that goes to the solenoid wasnt burned in 2 thats happened on mine

 

If have an auto-****-matic transmission then a push start is out of the question. :-(

Yup, you can use a screwdriver or some other thick metallic tool to connect the big post on the starter solenoid (that has all the orange wires on it) to the small post (that has the purple wire on it). Make sure you don't touch any ground with that screwdriver at the same time!

Of course make sure that the car is OUT of gear (in Park or Neutral) and the ignition is on.

Hope this helps.
Lou