I put key in and turn and ....nothing?!

[F7Flare]

ive been having starting problems as you can see.

my battery is charged, and ive tried jump starting and nothing

i put the key in ignition and no dash lights turn oni attempt to start the car and nothing happens, no clicks or anythingno electronics work either (clock, lights, stereo)

what do you think?

[srpowered240sx]

check your battery terminals. check all fuses.

[F7Flare]

check your battery terminals. check all fuses.

how do i know if a fuse is blown?

[Dattebayo]

Theres a big black box under the hood with some fuses in it, check the little window on each fuse and find the one that is blown, it should be obvious once you get the cover off the box...

[Hijacker]

Do you have power going to the tail lamps? Check to see if they light up when you depress the brake pedal. They should come on with the ignition off. Also, check to see if your pop up lights work as well.

Most likely, it's just a corroded ground terminal. Pull the ground cable off the battery and clean the post and terminal and then reinstall.

If that fails to do the trick, check to make sure the two plugs that plug into the big red terminal of the positive post are making good contact. And check the IGN SW fuse (big green 30 amp).

From the sounds of it, though, it's just a bad negative or positive terminal connection.

[F7Flare]

Theres a big black box under the hood with some fuses in it, check the little window on each fuse and find the one that is blown, it should be obvious once you get the cover off the box...

yea all of them look normal

Do you have power going to the tail lamps? Check to see if they light up when you depress the brake pedal. They should come on with the ignition off. Also, check to see if your pop up lights work as well.

Most likely, it's just a corroded ground terminal. Pull the ground cable off the battery and clean the post and terminal and then reinstall.

If that fails to do the trick, check to make sure the two plugs that plug into the big red terminal of the positive post are making good contact. And check the IGN SW fuse (big green 30 amp).

From the sounds of it, though, it's just a bad negative or positive terminal connection.

tail lamps and pop ups dont worki cleaned the terminal and post and nothingchecked the IGN SW fuse, window looks clean and fine

[F7Flare]

Check all the small stuff first

what do you mean by small stuff?

[Rucca]

Make sure you ground is connected - trace the negative battery cable back to where it connects to the engine and make sure it is a good ground.

If that is not the problem, trace the positive cable to the fuse box and check all the fuses and fusible links in the box for problems.

[Rex]

what do you mean by small stuff?

Sorry, he was just trying to get "10 posts" so he could list something int he Classifieds.

[PorkChopExpress]

hey this is kinda related and i didnt want to make a whole nother thread about it .

i was hastefully using the constant power wire on my f3 plug to trace wires and i guess blew a fuse. anyone know where that fuse is at. i checked the kickpanel pulled some of the 12v fuses but didnt see any blown.

[F7Flare]

bump

problem still not solved

[Dattebayo]

Go buy a cheap multi-meter from the dollar store and check each big fuse in the engine compartment for continuity. If you get no beep, then thats your problem fuse.

Perhaps a fuable link may be blown, but I have found no good way to check those, so look for the one thats melted (plastic small boxy colored thing near the fuses) if the fuses all check out.

[Hijacker]

Did you make sure the negative cable has a good connection at the chassis. It's about halfway down the cable before it gets to the intake manifold ground point.

And did you clean both the positive and negative terminals and posts? I've had loose posi terminals do the same thing as loose negative terminals.

Lastly, try another battery. I know you said yours is charged up, but it could be that it's got an issue that's keeping it from supplying charge (such as the lead plates shorting out on something). You can test the battery with either a voltmeter or a test light to see if it's flowing current properly (the voltmeter will be more accurate).

The problem really is in the battery. Unless you managed to fry every relay and fusable link in the car, something would turn on.

[vancouverbc]

bump

problem still not solved

if absolutely nothing in your car has power, you have a dead battery or your battery cables are bad or the ground from neg terminal of battery to engine is corroded or you dont have that red thing at positive plugged in.

im guessing dead battery even though you say it is good.

you need to look closely at the fusible links because it is not obvious when they are blown but this is prolly not your problem . pay special attention to 75 amp white fusible link

[vancouverbc]

Did you make sure the negative cable has a good connection at the chassis. It's about halfway down the cable before it gets to the intake manifold ground point.

And did you clean both the positive and negative terminals and posts? I've had loose posi terminals do the same thing as loose negative terminals.

Lastly, try another battery. I know you said yours is charged up, but it could be that it's got an issue that's keeping it from supplying charge (such as the lead plates shorting out on something). You can test the battery with either a voltmeter or a test light to see if it's flowing current properly (the voltmeter will be more accurate).

The problem really is in the battery. Unless you managed to fry every relay and fusable link in the car, something would turn on.

+1

[Largekid]

i'm having the SAME EXACT problem. The car ran in feburary, I pulled it apart and installed a top mount/turbo/WG/Datalogit on my RB25. Finally ready to fire yesterday, pull the fuel pump fuse to prime the motor, go to crank, booya blow a fuse. Replace the fuse and go to crank. No power anywhere, no horn, electric fans, radio, etx. Give up and sleep. Start up again tonight, traced all my grounds, powers, etx from earlier in this thread, all look good. Hook car up to my DD w/ some jumpers after I check ALL fuses for blown ones, and now I have power. Let it sit and charge the battery for a min or two, crank the motor over some more to prime once again (didn't feel I had enough yesterday). Went and put the fuel pump fuse back in, go to crank, and no power once again. WTF is going on! I was thinking starter sylinoid, but it wouldn't have cranked over the first time if it was bad...maybe a relay just happened to go bad during the sitting period? I did by accident leave the battery hooked up while I was welding on the chassis, but caught it immediatly and unhooked it. You think that it could have blown something for the couple mins the welder was running? I'm REALLY ready to get this bish back up and running....any help out there???????

[Largekid]

just an FYI, I fixed my problem last night. My battery is relocated to my trunk, and where the (-) is attached to my frame had started to corode a bit...it was torqued down very well, but just had some gunk on it. Took it off, and took a dremel and cleaned the frame and the wire crimp and booya, it fixed it.