Hey Guys.
Little frustrated on this one.
I have a 73 C20 Pickup.
It's been colder lately, 50degrees at 6am. So a few cold starts have been taking some time over the past few weeks.
Today, I park it and come back 45 minutes later it the truck won't start.
Turn the key and nothing happens, not even the heater fan.
Thinking it's my battery. I call for a jump.
He comes to jump and tells me it may be the starter.
So I tap the starter with a hammer as he turns the ignition; and nothing happens.
A moment later, he's still fidgeting with the ignition and gets it to start.
He's convinced it's my ignition switch, but I'm not sure because my radio wasn't turning on which does not need the ignition as it is hard wired to my battery with a killswitch.
Any ideas as to what could be the problem?
The start is about 2 years old and the truck turned on after tapping it with a hammer; not during.
The battery is less than a year old from autozone.
The cables to the battery aren't in the greatest shape and need to be replaced as well, but the contacts are fine.
My thinking is start with the ignition switch as it is the least expensive and work from there to the starter.
But would explain not having my radio power or interior light switch not working if it was the ignition switch?
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