Pickup won't start.

[jleon_17]

I have a 1996 nissan pick up and the other day the battery died, so i recharged the battery and when i tried to start it, it wont start. I hear a sound for about 1 sec and then nothing, no lights on the panel or nothing. Can someone give me a hint or some advise. please.

[zack.]

try cleaning the battery posts/terminals. worked when i had this problem.

[seang]

^^x2, I like to neutralize the acid on the teminals with a mix of baking soda and water, and a little work with an old toothbrush. Some people even use Cola, but I never have. There are even those steel wire terminal cleaning tools.

[jleon_17]

Is not the terminals because i replaced them, is not the battery because ive recharged it and cleaned the poles.

[Desert Rat]

have you had the battery tested? Recharging a bad battery doesn't fix a bad battery.

Follow your cables down and look for corrosion on the ground and starter ends as well.

[jleon_17]

Yes the battery is good, there is current flowing, bcs i can hear i believe is the fuel pump and the alarm works, but there is no lights or response from the starter.

[Desert Rat]

if you haven't had the battery tested, I'd still do that. It takes a lot less juice to run the lights and the fuel pump than it does to spin the starter. Do you get any clicking or anything when you turn the key?

[jleon_17]

Is not the battery, i tested it with my own tester, and the guys at autozone tested it and charged, the battery is fine, the ground is fine, no corrosion good contacts, i rang the relays and they came up fine, the only thing i need is someone that has a wiring diagram so i can see the full circuit and tested it all before i teardown the dash. So IS NOT THE BATTERY. I havent checked the starter yet, but that will be my next step if i dont find the wiring diagram.

[zack.]

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/ha...ruck/

[jleon_17]

That's what im talking about thanks a million times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zanegrey]

this sounds like the fusible links...

[PEZi]

this sounds like the fusible links...

i'd like to kindly disagree on that... mainly because because i don't even have fusible links anymore and everything runs fine...

i suppose there could be an issue within them causing the problem... but i'm not sure

[zanegrey]

so if you don't have them they can't be the problem ...

cough cough...

[PEZi]

lol... yeah... i kinda though about that