Your 1996 Chevrolet Blazer may not start due to a faulty ignition switch. The electronic fuel pump may also be faulty and need to be changed.
Either your starter solenoid, if not check the neutral safety or clutch safety switch.
Check the battery, battery cables, keyswitch, neutral lockout switch... your old starter may be just fine (sorry to say) or the new starter may have a problem. There are too many unknowns to be able to tell you anything definitive.
Then why did you replace a perfectly good starter? ALWAYS test old parts and know what you're doing BEFORE you start throwing new parts at a problem. Find out WHY it isn't starting. Does the starter engage and turn the engine? IF it does, then the starter is probably fine. If not, check the starter, battery, electrical connections, ignition switch and neutral safety switch. If the starter has ALWAYS engaged and turned the engine, you should not have changed the starter in the first place; instead, you should be finding out what's wrong.
It sounds like the neutral safety switch is defective or needs adjusting.
The alternator might be the problem.
Seized engine? Loose or cooroded battery terminal Bad starter solenoid? Bad neutral or clutch safety switch?
The problem may be with your starter and not with the clutch.
The problem is almost definitely your neutral safety switch. When you jump the solenoid you are bypassing it. The problem is your starter is going and needs replacement
The reason it blows out is because the starter shorts out the circuit. Replaceing the starter solves the problem
Check all wires for loose or corroded fittings. A loose or corroded connection can work one day and not the next. My first guess would be the wire to the starter solenoid is loose.
the neutral safety switch is faulty,its on the transmission. IS thre a Safety Neutral Switch on a 95 LHS and is it on the Tranny as well? As I am getting spark and changed the coil, relays, fuses. plugs, wires, etc.. help please....
Your neutral safety switch-try putting car in neutral and trying it