MY CAR WONT START HEEELP, IT WON'T TURN OVER OR CRANK

[hungryjoseph]

its not starting. its not cranking. theres nothing when i turn the key. NOTHING. besides my fans turning on. i checked all the connections with the wires. everything seems to be fine. my friend told me something about being grounded, someone explain that to me please? could i have a bad starter? we tore behind the steering wheel, nothing worked. now i know how to steal an s13... LOL SOMEONE HEEELP!!! thanks in advance

[Blown240sx]

are your dash lights and everything coming on? Does the starter make any noise? A click or anything?

[hungryjoseph]

all my lights work, all my electronics work perfectly. everything seems fine. all the connections to the starter looks fine. when i turn the key, theres ONE click and thats it.

[hpmachine]

sounds like a dead starter

[hungryjoseph]

ok im betting its the starter, solenoid, or the relay.. its one of those.. its NOT the battery, its NOT the connections... could it be anything else?

[S13FASTBACKSR]

if your dash lights all work fine and are not dimmer than usual and your headlights work fine then the problem is not your battery or alternator. The click symbolizes a bad starter.

[hungryjoseph]

so if theres only one click, its a bad starter. can a starter go bad with only 38,000 miles on the motor...

[S13FASTBACKSR]

38,000 miles? ...what year is your sr? one click = starterv

[hungryjoseph]

i beleive its a 98... not sure

[S13FASTBACKSR]

no matter what year sr you have 38,000 miles is awesome..you saw it on the odometer?

[tamonez]

I hate to jump in all over someone elses topic for my fisrt post but my issue is very similar. 91 Hardbody took to school, everything was fine, went to lunch, fine, tried to start it and nothing but a single click. If I'm not mistaken the click is coming from ignition relay in the fuse panel. I left the truck got a ride home, in the morning it started like no problem. I take the starter to the parts store they test it, it fails, I install a new starter. the car starts fine, I go to school, car wont start back up.The battery seems to be fine, all electronics working. My question is could I have gotten a faulty starter, I've got a lifetime warranty, or is there a starter relay somewhere?

[NickWendt03]

my first sr did the same thing i just needed to ground the engine

[hungryjoseph]

can someone please explain to me this whole grounding thing.. it confuses the mess out of me.. i tried reading about it but i jsut dont get it

[prophet180]

I just had the same problem a month ago, do one quick

1. Turn the key to the on position2. Take a wire from the positve terminal (battery) and tap the wire onto the spade on the starter solenoid

This should start the car if it's the starter then it won't start, otherwise it could be that the relay is not grounding when you push the clutch's button in.If you don't know what spade I'm talking about then I'll post a picture of the location and the actual solenoid ans spade if you need it.
Modified by prophet180 at 6:29 AM 12/20/2006

[itsnever2fast]

do you have a big fat black wire connected from the body to the engine? this is were the electricty from the sensors and starter complete there circuit to the battery- it is called a common ground. ALSO make you step your clutch ALL THE WAY to the floor mash it into the carpet

[hungryjoseph]

dead starter. getting a new one tomorowwill a sentra starter work for this sr? does the fact that its fwd make a difference to its operation?

[S13FASTBACKSR]

rwd sr's can only use rwd sr starters..unfortunately they are not compatible with anything else.

[hungryjoseph]

anyone have a starter i can buy in maryland/dc/va area

[hungryjoseph]

cars working now, thanks guys!

[blacksrjdm]

I had the same problem went to wawa ran great, got in the car to drive home and it wouldn't start. If you get a click its the starter, but if no click check the button on the clutch pedal for the clutch switch. also the relay on the passenger side fender in the engine bay, two plug blue relay. changed that and hd no problems...good luck.

GET DRIFTY!!

[hungryjoseph]

ok wut happened was that i knew there were 2 lines going to the starter... but i couldnt find the second one.. so i jsut assumed that the connectiosn were fine... then i bought the starter and found out where it went hahahahah so i returned it and just lpugged it back in. its a ***** tho cus its so loose

[exode]

ka sohc starter swaps onto sr20dets

[S13FASTBACKSR]

if its loose then use pliars to squeeze it on tighter or just use electrical tape

[hungryjoseph]

yeah i stuck it on with some eltrical tape

[donmada]

ok it cranks awesome but it wont turn over all the wiring has beens checked over and over its all fine. will it not start without the intercooler on it ?or am i missing something?

[S13FASTBACKSR]

this post is so old..and no i dont think it would start without the intercooler..thats one hell of a boost leak