Here's my saga. I'm looking for any suggestions before towing my car to a qualified mechanic on Monday as the garage is closed on Sundays.

Purchased car on Sunday February 12. The next day the car would not start. Put key in the ignition, turn, no sounds, does not even try to turn over. Interior and dash lights come on, radio works fine, all indicating battery works fine.

Disconnected battery.

Pulled starter/starter solenoid, brought to auto parts store, it tests fine even under load.

Put starter back in, reconnect battery, trey to start car, same symptom, would not even try to turn over. Put key in the ignition, turn, no sounds, does not even try to turn over. Interior and dash lights come on, radio works fine, all indicating battery works fine.

Then, noticed a little module underneath ignition, pulled out module, it says “Electro Lock” on it. Unplugged module, turned it around, jiggled it. Tried to start car, it starts fine.

Turn car off, tighten battery, again it will not start, same symptoms as original.

Removed “Electro Lock” which had 4 wires going to one screw on the dash (as a ground), and two wires spliced into the blue ignition wire. After removing the two wires spliced into the blue ignition wire, reconnected the blue wire to itself. Again it will not start, same symptoms as original.

Removed positive and negative cables from battery overnight. Reconnected “Electro Kill”. Reconnected battery (which had been disconnected overnight). I was theorizing that disconnecting the battery for a while would allow any backup electrical system to drain and perhaps 'reset' the ignition kill switch. I'm in the dark about those things though.

I'm far from a mechanic, just trying to use some common sense to troubleshoot on my own first. Any suggestions are appreciated that I could try out before having the car towed!