I've just about had it!

[Kevin]

i can snap a few pics of the missing pages for you tomorrow but until then:

Pull driver’s side hush panel.
Locate striped purple wire that goes to clutch switch.
Look at switch and note the color of wire coming back up.(Yellow??)
If you found them—the jumper will go from the Yellow to the purple stripe. You be able to jumper them right there without messing with that ##*!!$ clutch switch.
I used a 3 in #12 wire with terminals (from Radio Shack number 64-3133) on the end and unplugged the wires going to switch and plugged in the jumper wire.

[Y-me]

Well a couple hours later and still no start, I left it alone for a bit while I helped pick up our Pumper from the shop.


I found the clutch safety pages, kinda out of order you need a manual to help desipher these FSM's

I pull off the switch, pain in the *** the actuator rod fell and now I can't find it geez, only to pull the switch down and find the harness right there, Double geez!, I jump the harness, nothing. I attach a Vats bypass switch I have laying around even though the security light does not come on when I try to start, and nothing.

Who needs an LT5?

[Y-me]

Just pulled the cover off the starter interupt relay and it does not actuate, which I would guess is how it works, but manually actuated or not still nothing.

[Y-me]

Starts now, don't know why.

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by Y-me

Starts now, don't know why.

Car is cold now right?

IS the starter Brand New or newly rebuilt?

There is a thread floating around about a starter mod.. one I actually did

on the Clutch Safety switch the wire going out the firewall I cut it and placed a relay across it:


So put Relay Terminal 85 to the wire off the Clutch switch, terminal 86 to ground. I then ran a fusible link from the +12v (terminal block by battery) to Relay terminal 30 and then 87 to the other part of the wire I cut.

This will bypass the all the switches in the circuit and get 12v to the Solenoid going through one relay. many think this is just a ZR-1 issue, but I found that it existed in my 89 (with 91) dash before I sold it but did not realize that was the issue until I sold it and had my ZR-1

I have rebuilt my starter and did the mod and have not had a issue since

[rhipsher]

Told ya. It takes up to 3 hours for the engine to cool off enough to start. Just get a new starter. Then you can get back to the secondary problem. Once that's done you'll be glad you didn't throw in the towel.

[Y-me]

I got a code 46 out of it.

[Y-me]

BTW just what are the ZR1 specific parts worth anyhow? just askin'.

[Kevin]

just sell it, don't part it out. we've lost enough cars as it is....but if you do part it out, give me a price on the rear plate frame

[Y-me]

Originally Posted by Kevin

just sell it, don't part it out. we've lost enough cars as it is....but if you do part it out, give me a price on the rear plate frame

One less makes yours worth more.