eyeteeth wrote:
No 'Clicky'... If it were the starter... I would imagine the lights might 'dim' when turning the ignition, not shut everything down electrically. Along those same lines, if I had a short... I would think it would pop a fuse and the dome lights and such wouldn't eventually come back on. Maybe I'm wrong there, but it makes sense to me 'current' ly. Bwa hahahahah.
Couldn't resist... HAHAHAHAHA. OMG! I can't stop.
There's other, more complex reasons, but TreeSeeker and I have covered the most likely causes.
Note: the starter relay is NOT part of the starter unit ... it's a separate relay, with an metal 'can' about an inch long, 1/2 inch wide, and 3/4 inch high, not counting the terminals. (Google 1975 starter relay for a picture ... year doesn't matter because Mother Mopar used the same relay for decades.)
Electric motors with worn brushes that suddenly go bad don't draw any current so no dimming lights, etc.
