well first off all...hi..i got a 1999 durango 2wd with a 5.9 in it. the transmission went out about 2 months ago. I just got the new one in about 3 hrs ago after 2 months of looking for one. Got the lines..Valve body hooked up starter bolted on, now i got no juice to the starter..the relay clicks..but the starter solenoid wont click. i just bought this start new. I changed out 3 of the relays..Trans..Starter...Auto Shutdown...and still nothing. NO JUICE. You turn the key all the lights come on..starter relay clicks and thats it. any advice HELP PLEASE. Thanks alot

 

try a new battery chances are yours is gone, especially if it has been sitting for 2 months without running the engine to keep juice flowing into it.

 

i went out ever 2 or 3 weeks and just started the keep it going....but this is the part thats makin me mad...i just started it 4 days ago i bought the tranny two days ago..and what happened in those two days i have no clue

 

if the battery is more than 4 years old (average life a battery in a CAR, these trucks have much more demanding electrical systems on them so they tend to last a shorter period of time) just replace it with a new one, if you started it a bunch of times and didnt drive it you put a load on the battery, but did not give it a good chance to recharge, the alternator does NOT produce enough power to run the PCM/engine/electronics on board at idle so you were NOT charging the battery enough to keep it going.

and these trucks are picky about battery voltage to begin with, so just save yourself some headache and replace it, and clean all the terminals/contacts while you are at it to make sure you have a good tight connection

 

replaced the battery still nothing

 

Take the new starter out and have it checked out, it can be defective. Also, check for any ground wires not correctly bolted back on and make sure your main power cable is also correctly tightened on the started.

 

do that now...let you know what happens

 

took starter to autozone starter tested out good...back to square one

 

how did they test the starter?

you can test it yourself (just to verify) on a bench with a battery and a set of jumper cables, just hook up the + and - terminals on the battery to the correct terminals on the starter.

if it does spin start tracing wires and you will find either a burnt wire, loose connection, bad wire (yes it happens, not often, but it happens) or a loose/missing ground.

 

i figured out why it wouldn't start got it started so now im going to the junk yard in the morning. i got to get the linkage for the shifter because as it sitting right now in the durango its not fully engaged into park so i put it into neutral and it fired up.