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91XJBUBBA · Aug 10, 2012

Don't know much about the Renix, my buddy just got a 85 I6 4x4. Battery is good, just replaced the starter, and starter relay and solenoid. When you turn the key, all you get is a "click" and you need to really be listening to hear the "click"

Thoughts??? How can you check if the ignition switch is bad?

Thanks a bunch

4x4xj89 · Aug 11, 2012

91XJBUBBA said:
Don't know much about the Renix, my buddy just got a 85 I6 4x4. Battery is good, just replaced the starter, and starter relay and solenoid. When you turn the key, all you get is a "click" and you need to really be listening to hear the "click"

Thoughts??? How can you check if the ignition switch is bad?

Thanks a bunch

I dont think 85 is a Renix, nor did it come in I6 engine. 85 had either a 2.5L or a 2.8 V-6 GM engine

87manche · Aug 11, 2012

4x4xj89 said:
I dont think 85 is a Renix, nor did it come in I6 engine. 85 had either a 2.5L or a 2.8 V-6 GM engine

correct. The 4.0 didn't show up until 87.

Regardless, AMC probably left most of the chassis wiring alone. I'd check the brown wires at the ignition switch, and I'd check the two big orange/red wires at the top of the fuseblock. Those are the primary circuits that feed power into the interior/ignition stuff from the engine bay.

Pelican · Aug 11, 2012

If you are getting a click, current is flowing to the relay and/or solenoid which suggests the switch is okay, at least for the next round of tests. Has he checked and cleaned (not just looked at) all battery cables?

Ecomike · Aug 11, 2012

87manche said:
correct. The 4.0 didn't show up until 87.

Regardless, AMC probably left most of the chassis wiring alone. I'd check the brown wires at the ignition switch, and I'd check the two big orange/red wires at the top of the fuseblock. Those are the primary circuits that feed power into the interior/ignition stuff from the engine bay.

That is correct. Renix multiport fuel injection started in 1987 on the I6.

My 85 wiring (2.5L) for starter, ignition, etc is almost exactly like the 87 and 89 Renix I have.

OP, Check the small relay near the battery first!!!! It is feeds the bendix-solenoid on the starter itself.

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