Car won't start

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Brut
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My car has some weird electrical issue and the starter is not getting any power. The starter itself is good, i got it checked out. It has been like this and sitting at my parents house since last September (i daily drove it before that for over a year). Then mysteriously in December i tried cranking it just for the hell of it and it started up fine lol. It ran fine for about a week and a half, Then the freaking problem came back. When I get in the car and press in the clutch and turn the key everything in the car gets power my turbo timer, safc, gauge cluster they all get power and my FAL electric fan turn's on. But when I turn the key all the way to start it nothing happens you can here the click when i turn the key but thats it. Anyone have any idea what the problem may be?


articzap
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Sounds like a starter to me.....Try starting the car will some lightly taps on the starter with a hammer. A severely discharged battery can also act like that.

Where is your click coming from? A relay? Starter area?

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ca18detgabby
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Brut wrote:My car has some weird electrical issue and the starter is not getting any power. The starter itself is good, i got it checked out. It has been like this and sitting at my parents house since last September (i daily drove it before that for over a year). Then mysteriously in December i tried cranking it just for the hell of it and it started up fine lol. It ran fine for about a week and a half, Then the freaking problem came back. When I get in the car and press in the clutch and turn the key everything in the car gets power my turbo timer, safc, gauge cluster they all get power and my FAL electric fan turn's on. But when I turn the key all the way to start it nothing happens you can here the click when i turn the key but thats it. Anyone have any idea what the problem may be?
is the clutch micro switch(can never remember the name of it) still good? if the switch isnt reading to engauge then the starter wont get the signal to start.

With these cars the little bump stoppers(little black things) tend to wear over time and not allow the pedals to engauge.

I would check voltage and clutch switch


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