1994 G20 infinite, not starting

[davihardy89]

my 1994 G20 infinite, will not start. i have a battery from the junk yard I put in. it will not do anything. The dash lights come on, when I turn the key..nothing.not even a click it is just silent. before this happened the car when starting sounded weak like it was about to die, like it was the battery.the next day it did nothing. like the car is not in park. i no nothing about cars and would like so advise. please help

[OriginalWheelman]

Welcome to NICO!

There are a few things that could be causing it. 1. the battery. 2. The starter 3. The starter relay. 4. The starter cables themselves. With electrical parts I 100% advise against junk yard parts. Sitting around rusting is worse for electronics than being used constantly. What you are describing sounds like the battery. It could also be the cables or corrosion preventing the power in the battery from reaching the starter. It is also possible the starter has developed so much resistance that it is causing this problem, but usually a drive pinion breaks or they simply stop functioning before that point.

If you can take a known good battery from a friend's car and try it in yours. If it still doesn't work. I'd check the condition of your cables. They are 21 years old. You may also find more specific help here, from people more experienced in that specific car.

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[davihardy89]

I tried my battery in a truck just now and it started the truck. I think it might be the cables there is no corrison but it seems like you are right about it not getting to the starter. Thank yoi for you thoughts on it

[OriginalWheelman]

My redneck method for testing that is jumper cables. Be careful, don't ground out. Prolly best not to do it at all really. Battery explosions are not pretty. Made a neat rust pattern on my fender where the acid ate the paint away though.