RTV won't start

[Hootie]

Not a mechanical genius here. Won't start, battery checks OK. Test light shows all good at hot terminal at starter and at flat lead at starter??

 

[troe]

well, might have to know a little more? does it crank over? do you have it in nuetral? might want to check all your fuses, is your glow plugs working? what are your temp, does it set outside? fuel might be jelled, just thought i would mention a couple things. maybe someone else will have better advice.
buck

 

[john_bud]

Is it cranking? If no crank, check the safety interlocks. If it is cranking, is there fuel?

jb

 

[jinman]

Not a mechanical genius here. Won't start, battery checks OK. Test light shows all good at hot terminal at starter and at flat lead at starter??

It sounds to me like you are saying that the starter does not work. Most starters have power to them all the time, but it is not connected to the starter motor until the solenoid is energized by the start switch. If you have a neutral interlock switch on your shifter, then it might not be sensing neutral as JB suggested. I would sure be looking for a faulty safety interlock if there was no problem with the battery and the starter would not operate.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

yea giggle the shifter if that don't work check the solenoid . the way to check the sloenoid is to jump the starter off from the back of it "atleast thats the old way i do it" if it still don't do nuthin then it's the starter. oh by the way how old is the rtv?

 

[jinman]

yea giggle the shifter. . .

I can see him now, standing at the shifter going, "Tee-hee-hee, tee-hee-hee." Didn't you mean jiggle the shifter, Tommy?

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

ok ya'll got me . i did mean jiggle. but you know us coonass's. giggle/jiggle is da same .lol for a second i thought i mispelled the other word and was telling him to jiggle the sh***er .lmao

 

[Hootie]

Dang it, I got power to the starter but don't know crap about all this neutral jigglin safety switch. All I know is the thing won't start and the battery is good and I got power to the starter. I have checked all fuses and they are good. It is in neutral and no the fuel ain't gelled in this 60 de freakin gree heat. The flat lead on the selonoid is also showing good with the test light.

 

[darkday]

So it does absolutely nothing? Like one of the other guys said saying "it wont" start doesn't help much...

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

ok on the solenoid there are two places where the wires conect try jumping it right there"touch the two together" that will tell you if the solenoid is bad. if it still doesn't do anything i put my money on the starter.that is if you jump the right wires .