Just noticed this the other day, went out to start it up and nothing at all.... Radio, lights, heater all work. Is this a sign of the starter going? 305 tbi if that helps. Thanks

 

Starter or ignition switch are a good guess if everything else works when this happens.

If lights dim when you try to start it and nothing happens, could be a bad battery or bad battery connection.

 

if you dont hear a clicking sound that means theres no power being transferred to the starter itself. if you tap it with a hammer a couple times it'll usually unstick the connections and work, but seeing where the starter is, doubt you'd want to do this.

 

Well, the same thing happened to me agin today. I went to turn it over and nothing at all, opened the hood a heard a quiet buzzing sound. One thing that i did notice was that the security light on my dash did not turn off after a few seconds as it usualy does, could this mean theres a different problem? Also I picked up a new starter today just incase. Let me know what you think, thanks

 

this happened to me a while back, and i thought starter too. i spent several hours pulling the starter out and then i went and got it checked, but the started was good. Then i went back and spent a few hours putting that pescky starter back in.

Then i said well i might as well go get the battery checked. and even though my lights came on and the radio worked, my battery was shot. so i got a new one, and all was well. The radio and lights and what not use very little electricity, and you can have a bad battery and the radio and stuff can still work. So save yourself the time and hassle of pulling the starter and spend the 5-10 minutes and get the battery checked.

 

Ok Thanks, If it turns out to be the battery I may have a brand new high torque gear reduction starter for sale.

 

mines been doing something similar,except it kinda acts like the neutral (clutch pedal) switch,will hit the key and nothing,let clutch out and push back in and it will start,sometimes it takes 2 or 3 releases/engages??