I have a volvo 240dl wagon , its standard a 1990.

one day it just wont start, I turn the key and nothing .
the lights work , horn works as well.

it can be started by pushing the car and poping th clutch .

I took the sarter out and had it tested , it works fine.

Im not getting the 12v to the starter silinoid.

I have replaced the ignition switch .

I am stumped , what else is there to look at ?

any suggestions?

Try this - very carefully.

Using the tip of a large flat tip screwdriver, bridge the gap on the starter between the fat red wire terminal (move the rubber boot aside a bit) and the spade terminal next to it.

That allows the battery voltage to get to the starter solenoid the same way as if the turn-the-key system would. If the starter kicks on and cranks the engine, you know the problem is between the spade lug wire (Blue-yellow?) and the ignition switch. If not, but a goodly spark, it is the solenoid. They get gummed up over time, so you can try tapping it with a small hammer tap while a helper tries starting with the key.

Good Luck,

Bob

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Well , I finally had time to test this out, and the car started up by bridging the red wire(battery ) to the spade lug the (blue yellow. I have replaced the ignition switch as well, where else should I be looking? This is a standard trans. Also can anybody tell me if the Ig switch has to go on a certain way?

I see a little cut out on the back side the side that mounts on to the key housing part of the switch.

I will try this tonight.

Thanks.

"I'm not getting 12V to the starter solenoid"

Do you mean you're not getting 12V to operate it, or not getting 12V on the thick wire from the battery that it switches?

I'm not getting voltage from the yellow blue wire to the silinoid.

I just recently took mark jumper cables and connected it to the starter (just the positive) and connected it to the silinoid.
all I could hear is something spinning the engine did not start.
I had the key in the on position.
I had to move it , so I rolled it down the drive way , popped the clutch started right up again .

Drove it around to keep the fluids good , now its parked again .
I took the starter out took it to auto zone they tested it and said it was bad , gave me another and i installed the new one , same thing happened.

so I took the new one back to Autozone and they tested it and said it was bad too. so the guy stuck my old starter in a vise and used some jumper cables and a battery and a screw driver and it spun over. he said it was still good and gave it back to me. I installed it and Im still at the same place as I was at the begining. What Im wondering is if he used the screw driver to manually get the starter to turn.Does that just test the starter or botht eh starter and silinoid? the silinoid could still be bad ?

Just guesing at this point. some one told me to check the nuetral switch , but I have a standard , so it shouldn't have one.

I'm clueless.