Starter clicks using the key, engine starts by jumpering the relay

67dart273 and I have both said the same thing here.

It is REALLY easy to identify the bad component.

A remote starter switch.

Red to battery plus.

Yellow to the propper wire on the starter relay.

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Help me understand how using a remote starter is different than using a screwdriver between the battery post and solenoid terminal. The diagram on the relay shows that it’s a switched connection, and maybe I’m wrong but using a screwdriver essentially closes the switch, completing the circuit.

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