How to bypass the starter relay and put it to a push button to start the car

Neutral safety switch, try turn the key on neutral, jiggle the shifter, shift thru it's range, it may have come unplugged, or an alarm cut off relay or such.

check your ignition switch solinoid, it could be shot or check your starter relays and fuses, check the theft prevention switch just under the ignition cylinder. there are multiple things that could be causing this problem, but if your like me, you can just bypass all the starting relays for the starter and run a switch inside the cab to push that runs directly from the battery to the starter, and install a push-start button on the dash. let me know if this has helped you any, good luck.

Razer Neil

You could have two problems, bad push button, bad starter, check starter relay and see if you have power at the starter

they had a problem with the ground for the starter relay. its located under the drivers kick panel. you have to locate the relay and follow the ground back. i had the same issue. also you need to do a voltage drop test on the positive cable and check the resistance on the engine ground located on the bell housing

first check the battery make sure its fully charged then check fuses and relays then check startor motor and if it is not any of these it could be the igntion switch good luck

on the relay there will be a small wire that gets power when you turn the key to the start position
find that wire and connect it to the small terminal of the starter solenoid
then if you get it right , when you turn the key to start, power will get to the starter solenoid , energize the solenoid and the starter will engage

its hard to provide a schmatic without pictures but here is what you would need ... i assume you are using a three position toggle switch with a spring loaded position for start ... all contacts would be off at first .. contact #1 would be off, on , on ... that would switch 12 volts to the ignittion ballast resistor that is in series with the coil (normal running position).. contact #2 would be off, off, on (spring loaded) ... that would jumper the ballast resistor only for starting (that compensates for normally low battery voltage while running the starter) .... the third contact would also be off, off, on (spring loaded) . that would cnnect 12 volts to the starter relay .. that contact would have to be rated for the current drawn by the starter relay .... if you wanted a different switch arrangment ..like a toggle switch for ignition and a seperate push button for start .. then the ignition toggle would just provide 12 volts to the balast resistor that is in series with the coil ... it would only need one contact off,on .. the push button would have to have two contacts both operate at the same time .. one conntact would jump the balast resistor when on (start) .. the second would provide 12volts to the starter relay.. the second switch configuration might be easier to find than the first ...

you can always make a push button start conecect the two wires of your button to the pce wher the wires connect to starter push the button and it should start if not its probably neutral saftey switch

the solenoid has 2 big cables one goes to the battery and the other to the starter.
the small wire that has a boot that pushes on to the screw is the control to close the solenoid.unless the solenoid is shorted,the starter should not run

Normally the problem like this is caused by faulty starter relay.This can be solved by replacing the starter's relay contact mechanism.After a prolong time the starter relay contact mechanism will get worn out as a result of arcing.Check also to make sure there is no loose cable at the connection.