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TOYOTA CAMRY 1988 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHEN TURN ON THE IGNITION, NO SOUND IN THE EINGINE AND LIGHTS OF CLOCK GOES OUT, NEW BATTERY. AFTER COUPLE OF TIRES, THE CAR STARTS, WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM, A FAULTY NEUTRAL SWITCH OR SOMETHING ELSE
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Check the ground cable going from the battery to
alternator, then to chassis. Make sure there is no
rust at the chassis ground wire terminal, and that it
is very tight. The fusible link will be off the alternator
red power cable,usually, but not 100% on that car.
Good luck.
Battery cables off the starter ,starter relay and ignition switch. these are the remaining items in the starting system for no crank and no start.
Get Shop manual and do the appropriate testing for each.
when you turn on the light the display on you clock goes into night mode, sound like you engine is hydrolocked, pull the spark plugs and try it, if water comes out you have a bad head gasket,
you are getting feedback from a bad grown.i would start at the batt. wires and work my way back.also try rocking the ign switch just to see if a short may show up
Had the same problem with an '88 Camry. Replaced the battery, distributor, and starter, but it didn't fix the problem. Then, a few years later, when the battery was getting old and tired, I replaced it with a more expensive _heavy-duty_ battery. That helped quite a bit. It didn't totally fix the problem, but made it a lot less frequent.
A mechanic I trust told me that non-OEM replacement rebuilt starters pretty much all have substandard wiring, with bad spots in the windings. A heavy-duty battery maybe cranks out enough extra amps to mostly compensate for this.
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