Daily driver electrical/starting problem

[bretcopsey]

Guys, I need some advice. We bought a '99 suburban last fall and I'm staring to experience some electrical gremlins.

https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=17311

I never fully got this issue reolved, but did find that a remote start/alarm system had been inststalled by a previous owner.

The other day the engine would just not start. The battery was replaced just a few months ago. There wa a 'click' sound as if the starter solenoid was activating, but no cranking of the starter. I dropped the starter and had it tested-it was good. Teh click I heard must have been the starter relay in the fuse box? It seems now that no power was getting to the solenoid-just a guess.

At this point, I decided that it was time to remove the alarm system to see if that was the culprit. Especially since I thought it may have been contributing to my previous problem.

The original factory wiring had been spliced in what I would call a 'T' fashion-they stripped about 1/4" of insulation and wrapped the new alarm/remote start wire around the factory wire. So I disconnected all of those connections. Went to hook the battery back up and the starer strated cranking immediately, the key wasn't even in the ignition!!

At this point, I still have the no start problem and my dash is torn apart! I have checked and double checked that the factory wiring under the dash is still intact. Do I need to go back to square one and try replacing the battery cables? What about the starter relay in the underhood fuse box? I feel that I may have gotten in over my head here!! Help??

[bretcopsey]

Can someone provide a link to a good wiring diagram at least? The crappy Hanes book is all I have...

[69keith]

The Starter relay may be shorted... It's located in the fuse box on left inner fender....

[bretcopsey]

Hey, thanks for the reply. It turned out that the starter solenoid was bad afterall.