[garfield]

I have a 95 Chevy G20 van. I went to start it up this morning, and as soon as I turn the ignition key, I hear a click...and thats it. All the usual dash lights came on and all seemed well, it just would'nt turn over. I measured the voltage on the Battery and got a 12.38v reading

Do you think it may be the starter?

[Chuck]

Originally Posted by garfield

I have a 95 Chevy G20 van. I went to start it up this morning, and as soon as I turn the ignition key, I hear a click...and thats it. All the usual dash lights came on and all seemed well, it just would'nt turn over. I measured the voltage on the Battery and got a 12.38v reading

Do you think it may be the starter?

Try measuring the voltage while someone else cranks it. Also 12.38 volts is a tad low stand voltage. Could be battery, starter, ignition switch, neutral safety switch, voltage drop due to bad wiring/connectins, etc etc. Good luck, hope you get if fixed easy.

[zman1969]

I usually turn on headlights and attept to crank if they go out- battery is likely culprit and if the get slightly dimmer probably the starter both need further testing to confirm but it sounds like starter. If the headlights go out it may be shorted -I'd substitue good known battery and see if corrects this.

[speedfreek]

Battery post not tight. Loose wire at the starter. Load test the battery as already stated.

Has it given you any warnings prior to this? Or did this happen all of a sudden?

[garfield]

Originally Posted by speedfreek

Battery post not tight. Loose wire at the starter. Load test the battery as already stated.

Has it given you any warnings prior to this? Or did this happen all of a sudden?

Happened all of a sudden. Van ran like a sewing machine. I parked it out front like I always do each night, came outside the next day and

I turn the key, and all I hear is a click sound coming from the front right side of the van right where the starter is.

The lights don't dim any, the radio and power windows all work normally. the battery still measures 12.37 volts, everything else works fine.

THis happened right out of the clear blue sky!

[Skeeter55]

Can you get a screw driver and jump the two terminals on the solenoid/starter, if it turns over then turn the ignition on and jump the solenoid and it should start. But i would say yeah starter/solenoid is bad or has a bad connection.

[JAYARTER]

pull battery cables, clean and put back tight.
Dang side post batterys always seem to get loose
from there its test at starter good luck jay

[RSS]

Originally Posted by garfield

I went to start it up this morning, I measured the voltage on the Battery and got a 12.38v reading. Do you think it may be the starter?

As stated earlier, your battery is only 75% charged, that's the first place I would start to look for a problem.

[SPARKY69]

update????

[garfield]

Sorry this took so long. Turned out to be the starter!

[bighaas79]

Originally Posted by RSS

As stated earlier, your battery is only 75% charged, that's the first place I would start to look for a problem.

umm at 12.38 volts its about 98.5% charged. May want to check the batteries in your calculator. And if he tried starting it and power was drawn for the lights and radio then you probably wouldn't be quite at full charge.