95 s-10 wont start

simis69 · 10-28-2009, 02:00 PM

hey all i have 95 2.2 s-10
it recently has stopped running , when i go to start it the dash light are dim and doesn't seen to come on all the way, this has happend a few times but now its constant, i have checked battery and cables and alternator, the have been change over the past few years , but the starter is original @125,000.new fuelpump and filter and new ICM. anybody seen this before?

zankman3 · 10-28-2009, 02:36 PM

Please define "checked battery and cables and alternator." Dim lights means a weak battery. Did you do a voltage test? Did you test the resistance in the battery cables? What voltage was the alternator putting out? Is there a draw on the system? (Do you have an amp?)

simis69 · 10-28-2009, 03:26 PM

the problem was intermittent and would come on full power, and i'm talking the dash lights here, the heads lights are bright. and work i dont suspect the battery, i did do a volteage test on the battery , the truck isn't running at the moment so i couldn't get a voltage on the alt out put. i dont have an amp, though i not sure on the draw i have to get a tester.

rockyroad217 · 10-28-2009, 04:06 PM

so are you saying when you try to turn it over the lights dim? my starter had a bad spot in it and did that one time, i just kept turning the key over and over and it finally got past the bad spot in the starter and fired right up

GmcNoma95 · 10-28-2009, 05:11 PM

Sounds like the starter, because Rocky road is correct on that 1! Replace it, with OEM AC-Delco starter!

nemesis8 · 10-29-2009, 03:09 PM

good luck trying to remove the starter

simis69 · 10-29-2009, 03:15 PM

hey thanks for the replies.
i don' t think that it's the starter either. it turns over fine. i had just stated that it died the (battery) from trying to start it.
the lights interior work fine. as do the head lights.
it read 11 to 12 volts when i try to start it.
i was just checking for a draw on the charging system but i didn't detect one.
i did turn the key a bunch and the dash lights don't seem to come on all the way . it did come on for one sec , the dash lights, and i had notice that the my turn signal was on also, i had not notice that it doesnt come on when it does this, i also for got to state that the voltage doesn't read anything.
but when everything came on for that second it did read almost 14volts.
does anybody know if their is a realy or could it be the computer, i had taken that out and check it over and looks alright no burn compents, i aslo tried tapping it to see if that helped.
i have not checked that battery cable with an ohm meter, but i think they are alright , the radio interior and exterior lights work ,wipers ect.
but not the turn signals?

simis69 · 11-05-2009, 01:53 PM

i found it!! it was a bad ignition switch , i opened the bottem of the steering column and spray some PB blaster up in it and good as new. but i wonder how long that'll last?

GmcNoma95 · 11-06-2009, 12:53 PM

Probably not that long, should of just bought a new ignition switch. To save yourself the hassel later! Good luck!

10-28-2009, 02:00 PM	#1
simis69 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7 Location: User is: OffLine	95 s-10 wont start hey all i have 95 2.2 s-10 it recently has stopped running , when i go to start it the dash light are dim and doesn't seen to come on all the way, this has happend a few times but now its constant, i have checked battery and cables and alternator, the have been change over the past few years , but the starter is original @125,000.new fuelpump and filter and new ICM. anybody seen this before?
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10-28-2009, 02:36 PM	#2
zankman3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start Please define "checked battery and cables and alternator." Dim lights means a weak battery. Did you do a voltage test? Did you test the resistance in the battery cables? What voltage was the alternator putting out? Is there a draw on the system? (Do you have an amp?)
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10-28-2009, 03:26 PM	#3
simis69 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start the problem was intermittent and would come on full power, and i'm talking the dash lights here, the heads lights are bright. and work i dont suspect the battery, i did do a volteage test on the battery , the truck isn't running at the moment so i couldn't get a voltage on the alt out put. i dont have an amp, though i not sure on the draw i have to get a tester.
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10-28-2009, 04:06 PM	#4
rockyroad217 got me some 20s Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,947 Location: Pine Bluff, AR User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start so are you saying when you try to turn it over the lights dim? my starter had a bad spot in it and did that one time, i just kept turning the key over and over and it finally got past the bad spot in the starter and fired right up
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10-28-2009, 05:11 PM	#5
GmcNoma95 REDFIRE Age: 21 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 335 Location: Gainesville,VA (703) User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start Sounds like the starter, because Rocky road is correct on that 1! Replace it, with OEM AC-Delco starter!
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10-29-2009, 03:09 PM	#6
nemesis8 Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 447 Location: El paso, TX User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start good luck trying to remove the starter
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10-29-2009, 03:15 PM	#7
simis69 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start hey thanks for the replies. i don' t think that it's the starter either. it turns over fine. i had just stated that it died the (battery) from trying to start it. the lights interior work fine. as do the head lights. it read 11 to 12 volts when i try to start it. i was just checking for a draw on the charging system but i didn't detect one. i did turn the key a bunch and the dash lights don't seem to come on all the way . it did come on for one sec , the dash lights, and i had notice that the my turn signal was on also, i had not notice that it doesnt come on when it does this, i also for got to state that the voltage doesn't read anything. but when everything came on for that second it did read almost 14volts. does anybody know if their is a realy or could it be the computer, i had taken that out and check it over and looks alright no burn compents, i aslo tried tapping it to see if that helped. i have not checked that battery cable with an ohm meter, but i think they are alright , the radio interior and exterior lights work ,wipers ect. but not the turn signals?
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11-05-2009, 01:53 PM	#8
simis69 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start i found it!! it was a bad ignition switch , i opened the bottem of the steering column and spray some PB blaster up in it and good as new. but i wonder how long that'll last?
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11-06-2009, 12:53 PM	#9
GmcNoma95 REDFIRE Age: 21 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 335 Location: Gainesville,VA (703) User is: OffLine	Re: 95 s-10 wont start Probably not that long, should of just bought a new ignition switch. To save yourself the hassel later! Good luck!
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