Car acts dead after it gets hot...

RustyRatRod said
What are you calling "bumping"? Lets get our redneck terminology right, ok? Do you mean electrically JUMPING the relay, as in crossing two points on it with the metal screwdriver? OR do you mean PHYSICALLY bumping it as in tapping on it with something?

Depending on exactly WHAT you mean might lead you to get an incorrect answer and it sounds like it has. I'm still unclear on exactly WHAT your damn problem IS because your description is clear as MUD.

Are you saying once the engine is hot the starter will not turn the engine from the key? Be specific instead of bump this, jump that screw this and **** that, ok?

I physically cross the path on the starter relay, to "bump" the starter into cranking the car over. I posted pictures in this thread previously.

My problem.

Car starts up just fine with the key after it has been sitting for a while (was days/hours at first) drives around just fine until I shut it off. After shutting it off, if I try to start the car back up with the key I get nothing. Like a dead battery, except my battery is full and all the lights work in the car. If I use a screwdriver on the starter relay the car will crank over and start...