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There is power to all the accesories but the starter will not engage and there is no noise form the solonoid.is there a fusable link in the negative battery cable as the ones on the positive side appear to be in good condition.the car is an 1987 toyota camry

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Try hitting it as the vehicle is being turned over, if it works you have a faulty solinoid, if it dosent then the starter is dead , if that dosent work, try locating the earth lead that connects the engine to the body that might be broken, to test this, just get a thick length of wire, touch it to the outside of the starter and touch the other end of the wire to the earth on the battery then see how you go hope that helps

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