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No Ignition Response 700 1988

My '88 740 won't start. Turning the ingnition on only gets a single click response, like a bad starter. The dash board ingnition lights illuminate and the trouble happened all of a sudden. Following is what repair checks I have done so far:
1. Checked and charged battery, it is only a year and half old; tried jumping the battery with another vehicle to double check battery, too
2. Cleaned battery terminal posts
3. Replaced corroded positive battery cable connector at battery, this cable was replaced 4 years ago and a recall replacement was done in '96, too
4. checked, cleaned & reseated battery cable grounds to chasis and engine block
5. replaced starter after having it checked under load condition
6. swapped out many circuit board relays with used spares, replacing originals after no response

In the past 5 years some other electrical repairs were made: the distributor plate was replaced, fuel pump relay switch was replaced, replaced turn signal/emerg. flasher steering column switch and had a couple electrical grounds were repaired. Spark plugs replaced in November. But, the distributor cap, rotor and wires have not been replaced since late '99 with 38,000 miles put on car since that time.








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No Ignition Response 700 1988

If your Brick is an automatic,are you able to shift out of park?
I just had a similar experience with my '92 740TW and it was the neutral safety switch which had burned out.Its located just below the auto shifter indicator in the center console.
If you have already checked your fuel pumps and relays, this may be your problem.








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No Ignition Response 700 1988

The automatic transmission will shift into gear. Is the neutral safety switch then next logical thing to check? I haven't checked the fuel pump or fuel pump relay yet. The fuel pump was replaced 4 years ago, but there has been a strange buzzing noise coming from the fuel pump for the last year or so. If the pump was bad wouldn't the engine crank, but not fire?

eaglei, thanks for the quick response...







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