wont crank

[Franco]

Basics first - two parts to a starter - starter motor and a starter solenoid - the solenoid is a big switch that, when energized sends current to the starter motor. should be two wires at the starter. The bigger of the two wires supplies voltage to the starter motor. It should have voltage all the time. The smaller wire gets voltage when the switch is rotated to the start position. Does it just click when trying to start, or nothing at all. If it does nothing at all, it's probably missing voltage to at least the solenoid, if not both. Confirm that it has battery voltage ( 12V DC ) at both places. If it's just at the big wire, you can take a piece of wire and jump from the big wire terminal to the small wire terminal - if it engages you have either a switch or wiring problem. If it just clicks it could be just a solenoid or in some caes both. I hope i didn't confuse you.