Thanks guys for the replies; heading to the store to get a voltmeter; I have the battery charger but requires a wall plug, and the car is far away from a plug....any suggestions about what type and brand of multimeter should I buy? (i just used them when i was in school many many years ago, and to make measurements on resistors and capacitors of simple circuits.
I have the Bentley manual; just gotta find where is it since we moved recently and all my panorama and other books went somewhere...hunting for the box this morning.
Ed, this is a good test; I will try the cable directly to the starter, so I can have at least the proof that is the starter or not; hopefully i will not get shocked in the process
BTW how thick has to be the cable? And the key should be in off or on position?
Noah, I will check the battery as you suggested; my assumption is that nobody would sell a battery that is not working,but it can happen that the battery is sitting for long time, so even if is new it could potentially not being fully charged or have enough juice maybe.
When i try to crank the lights dims almost completely out....assuming that there is a big load that cause this; and i never noticed how the lights dim when i crank the engine, since i always turn them on after turning on the engine.
Walter; probably i will have to change also the ignition switch; you have a good point there (hopefully is just the electrical part and not the mechanical part also)
Will, I will try as soon as i get a multimeter today; I can take the battery voltage when it is off, but if the car won't start is kinda hard to get the one at 2000-2500 rpm; Is the solenoid something that breaks commonly?
Spuggy, the fuel pump always run when i switch from off to on; is a buzzing noise coming from the front right area; and when i asked what was that buzzing, the guy said that is the fuel pump; I haven't heard any other SC so I took for granted that is the fuel pump...another thing to check
I am heading to the store in about 30 minutes for the multimeter, then I go straight to the car and will start with measuring the current in the battery and will try the trick with the cable from the starter to the battery to see if it starts (in that way i can at least bring the car to the garage...is starting to rain today and the car must be in the garage so i can work comfortably)....if it doesn't it means that is something else on the road between starter and battery, and gotta find a way to push the car to start it
Thanks again for all your suggestions; hopefully i can bring back some good news or at least valid test results that can help further with the troubleshooting.