Solonoid vs. Starter?

If you are saying that the vehicle will turn over only when jump started and nothing when not connected to another vehicle then I would check the earth connection from battery!

you have the srarter solonoid connected wrong it does have the fender mounted solonoid right?
on the one side of the solonoid you connect JUST THE WIRE GOING TO THE STARTER
and on the other terminal the Battery POSITIVE CABLE AND ALL FUSEABLE LINKS
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you need to do a check at the battery terminals and make sure they are clean and no corrosion and tight and at the starter motor, then with a test lighe make sure that you have a feed at the trigger wire on the starter motor if you have then disconect the main live from the battery and conect the main cable going to the starter motor to the main sable on the solonoid mounted on the starter motor half inch af once this is done then, MAKE SURE ITE CAR IS IN NUETERAL IGNITION OFF and then put the pos cable to the pos terminal of the battery and if it turns over then its the solonoid thats at falt

When you tightened the battery connection you may have twisted the cable on the starter and shorted it to the solonoid lead causing the starter to engage . Check the connections on the starter and make sure there are not touching each other. Hope this helps.

ignition switch, in steering column, check all fuses ! does starter have a new solonoid ? it should. can't do one and not the other. although stranger things have happened. check all wire connections, tight enough ? right location, are battery terminals tight, a parts store clerk forgot to tighten them on , this happened to my daughter. Is it all the way in park, or neutral, the gear shift lever ? starter or solonoid faulty ! starter motor pinion jammed into flywheel !

Little confused there

The Starter Turns over the engine
Then the ignition comes into play

Any lights etc means nothing, as they only use
a small amount of current,the guys you can't see,
that do all the work

The battery may be dead
If not then the starter solenoid
If not then the starter

There are several possibilities for you to investigate. When the key is in the start position do you should hear a click from the starter solonoid? If so then you know that power is getting to the starter solonoid which eliminates a bad ignition switch. In that case you may have a bad starter. If you hear no click then you must get a test light and use it to see if power is getting to the starter solonoid. Ground the light and place the tip on the energizer wire to the solonoid. When an assistant turns the key to the start position the test light should light. This tells you power is where it should be and the solonoid is not working. If there is no power there then you must suspect a bad ignition switch or a bad wire in between the switch and the starter. Hope this helps.

Battery cables off the starter ,starter relay and ignition switch. these are the remaining items in the starting system for no crank and no start.
Get Shop manual and do the appropriate testing for each.

A little clarification: the starter relay and starter solenoid are the same piece of equipment -- just different names for the same device.

Charlie

either replace ur ignition switch or replace ur starter solonoid
when u turn on ignition switch u should get a click fron a relay under dash listen for that and if u hear a click then u need to replace solonoid on starter or replace whole starter motor also clean and inspect battery cable good luck with this project