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posted by  Birdfarmer on  Thu Aug 19 02:14 CST 2010
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What year is your Brick? When I bought Vickie (she's a 92) - she would sometimes start with a key - othertimes not. PO had jerry rigged up a "button" to bypass the neutral safety switch so the car would always start. If I remember correctly, his also bypassed the security key.

After a bit of digging - found the alternator was not keeping enough charge on the battery to pull a full start, however the button bypassed a number of electronics so she would start. (similar to your direct jumper to the solenoid)


Make certain you got a good strong battery and a full charge (12.6v) and see if it starts with the key alone. If so, I'd double check the Alternator output, battery age, and then start looking for drains.

Hope that helps
Charles








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