Ray O wrote:
> <itsmacintosh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1181796966.635235.240640@d30g2000prg.googlegr oups.com...
>> My Freind Gave me a 1986 Toyota Trecel 4cylinder Carberated 1.5 lt and
>> he started it last in Dec and not the stater does not do anything.
>> the Idiot lights dim when you turn the key to the start postion but
>> the stater does nothing! The fuel pumps run too! I did have to change
>> a fuse in the car for the cabin but i dont thing that could be a
>> issiue?
>>
>> Umm thanks
>> Sarah
>>
>> P.S I NEED TO GET IT TO START ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO START A
>> AUTOMATIC WITH OUT PULLING ON THE CRANKSHAFT WITH A WRENCH!
>>
>
> If the idiot lights dim but there is no clicking, check the starter relay,
> solenoid, starter, and associated wiring.
>
> You cannot start an automatic by pulling on the crankshaft with a wrench,
> and the likelihood that you will be seriously injured is probably close to
> 100% if you try it.

Well, it will take a lot of strength to turn the engine over fast
enough, especially if the engine were sitting for a long while.

And, you have to get the wrench and arms out of there as soon the engine
starts, or you will carrying your arm to the hospital in a baggie on ice
after you put that tourniquet on (or save time, and try this in the
hospital's ER parking lot).

Jeff