1997 GMC C1500 Starter won't crank

1997 GMC C1500
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JEREMIAHNAVA72
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1997 GMC C1500 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 136.000 miles

Truck just got a new battery, 2 days after the new battery the car will not crank. Replaced the starter and solenoid but still no crank. I check starter relay and fuses, all good. With a screwdriver i bridged the power post to the ignition post on the starter, but still no crank. Any ideas? I am out of guesses.
May 30, 2009 at 11:11 PM
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BILLYMAC
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hi, if you replaced the batt and the starter and you cannot jump over at the starter. make sure batt is fully chargedeither th e batt is dead or the starter is bad or the cables are bad or the batt terminal ends are bad loose or corroded.god luck billymac
May 30, 2009 at 11:18 PM
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JEREMIAHNAVA72
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no seriously. come on man, cleaned the terminals, checked voltage drops. everything is good. very little voltage drop, getting almost reference voltage. I have a hunch it may be the nutral safety switch gave out, but want to know for sure. if anyone can even tell me where the nutral(I know I spelled it wrong, dgaf) safety switch is on this truck I'd appreciate of.
Jun 4, 2009 at 3:15 AM
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