I'm trying not to let my 1975 1.8L turn into a garage queen. A few weeks after taking the car in for some general service work (brakes, ignition, fuel delivery problems, etc). The car started and ran fine. Suddenly the car would not crank. I took the battery in to Autozone to be tested and it tested fine. Next I looked at the starter. After pulling it and taking it to my mechanic, it tested bad- it would spin but the solenoid would not push the gear out.
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I ordered a starter off Amazon, consequently the starter drive gear did not look the same.
My old one looked like this: https://www.autozone.com/batteries-starting...gen/beetle/2001
But the new one looked like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Y85Q7...=UTF8&psc=1
(or vice versa, I can't remember which.
When I arc the contact points, the new starter spins and seems to spin and engage the flywheel fine.
However the car still would not start using the key. I did some research and found this how-to on Pelican: https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...tion_switch.htm
I looked at the passenger seat belt switch and it seemed to be jumpered fine with good connection, so I assumed my starter switch at the key was bad. Despite my steering column not looking like the one in the tutorial, I was able to remove and swap it for a new one (Old was looked fine, was not cracked).
The car still will not start with the key with a fully charged battery.
Are there any switches that I am missing???
Any help is certainly appreciated!