Damn, I feel like I'm posting in here almost every day lately. Help out a noob with what SHOULD be a pretty easy diagnosis (I hope)...
I have a 1995 S10 4.3L TBI, 2WD, 5-speed manual. When I bought the truck last month, I noticed whenever I turned the key to start, there was a very brief split second delay before it actually began to crank. Once it cranks, it fires up immediately. Every once in a while it was a little longer delay (half second maybe) but it would always start. Cool, no biggie.
Well over the past week there's been a few times where I try to start, and nothing happens. All dash lights remain on, when I turn the key there's ONE click (relay? It's not a repeated clicking) and the lights dim like it normally would, but it just doesn't even try to crank. It acts like my foot isn't on the clutch pedal. After 3-5 more tries, it eventually decides to fire up. Once it decides to go, it always starts quickly. Well, earlier today when I was leaving the grocery, it took about 20 tries to get it to go. By the time it decided it wanted to start, there was barely enough juice left to get it to turn over.
Is this the starter solenoid getting weak, or the sign of a failing ignition switch? I'm obviously not a mechanic so I'm bad with diagnosing this kind of stuff. Please help!