84 Laser Wont Crank Over /turn Over

[LESLIE G]

Hi all i have a 1984 1.5l laser and it wont start at all ?

what i mean by not starting is when i turn the key all lights come on the dash but when i turn it past acc nothing happens at all its like it has a dead battrie (altho battrie it is brandnew)

car was running fine last time it ran altho aircon fans and acc wouldnt work and car was making a bad grinding noise got it around the corner from my house and it backfired badly so it got turned off and hasnt been started since

so today i got out there and had a look at it ....

checked to see if i can crank car over manualy (make sure motor
is not sezied) was fine

cleaned battrie termanals

replaced fuses inside car

tryed starting car with headlights on to see if they dimm when crankng they dont dim at all when trying to crank car over (makes me think no power is going to startermotor or else the power surge would dimm the lights)

cleaned contacts under bonnet



what else could be causing this problem im guessing bad starter motor or solanoids (how ever you spell em lol)

anything else i should check before classing this as a wreck ?

i would like to jump the startermotor but dam all the parts in the way makes it hard is there a eazy way to reach it ?


anyway thanks in advance :

les

[290v]

few Lasers had an ignition problem the barrel wore out and it woudn't make contact when turned also the small wire on the starter comes loose and dosen't connect crimp it back together and make it a tighter fit in the terminal try turning on the ignition and crossing the starter motor to see if it starts if you can get to it

[LESLIE G]

Hi thanks for the info will try that tommorow i would realy like to jump the starter but yea its in a PR*** of a spot its on the firewall side of the motor (dam fwd cars) :

will get back to you's after ive check ignition and put it over a pit to jump the starter lol

thanks again

les