1988 dodge ram b250 conversion van when you turn key in ignition just click won' turn over all other power is working is it a ignition control module neutral safety switch?

Answer 1

Go remove and clean both battery terminal connections and then reconnect them and make them tight. The connections you have now are withdrawing enough current to light the lights but not enough to start your van. Make sure you clean them well, both the posts and the inside of the cables and you can use dilectric grease to keep them from corroding. Answer 1 is correct, but incomplete. From your description of symptoms, I doubt there is anything wrong with your ignition control module neutral safety switch, as even if it were defective it would not cause the symptoms you describe. For the symptoms you describe I can think of only two causes: 1) a low or weak battery, which your "...all other power is working..." pretty well eliminates, or 2) a high resistance fault in the wiring between the battery and the solenoid, including internal to the solenoid itself. If after cleaning the battery terminal posts and connectors the problem still remains, there are SOME OTHER possible causes and related fixes. First, it is possible that the connections/connectors at the OTHER END OF THOSE CABLES are corroded causing the same symptoms. The correction for this is the same as in Answer 1. Next, although it does not happen often, corrosion could have occured inside the crimped on terminal connector(s) on the battery cable ends, which would not be easily observed, and cannot be repaired, requiring replacement of the cable(s). Finally, there could be internal defects in the starter solenoid which could result in the same symptoms, and is usually best corrected by replacing the solenoid. j3h. It is possible that the battery may have one or more bad cells and that it will test good voltage wise it may not have enough amps to fully engage the starter causing the click sound. Have the battery tested at a parts store.