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The car refused to start, made clicking sounds @ the solenoid and the starter, still had current, the radio was working etc...So I bought a new solenoid which had an extra screw at the bottom where the old one had only one with a wire attached..Anyways with the new solenoid in the car doesn't make any noise trying to start it, a little noise at the starter but could it be I just wired the new solinoid wrong? I tried it different ways after it didn't work after i wired it the way it came off...Any ideas? ( the solenoid screwed to the fender next to the battery, tried jumping it too )

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First, put the old solenoid back on and see if you get the original clicking noise. If yes, you either wired the new one wrong or got a wrong and/or defective part. Your clicking noise can come from several places. First, make sure the battery is good and charged up. Dirty/corroded battery cable ends (yes, even if the lights and radio work), bad connection at the starter, bad solenoid, bad battery cables. A dead starter may engage but not turn, making a kind of click noise too. Take the starter out and get it checked. Remote possibility that it is the ignition switch in the steering column is adjusted wrong or bad. A jump from the positive battery cable to the small post on the solenoid should engage the starter.

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