she wont do anything!

[Nismo31]

well i go to my brothers house to help him put siding up. everything is going great until i decide to leave. bam, nothing happens. i turn the key and i hear a click in the engine bay and it wont start. no noise no nothing. lights and radio still work. tried to jump thinkin theres just a lil bit of juice left but nothing. finally my brother says lets push it. so we did and with it in 2nd gear she fired rite up. i get home fine and shut the car off outside. then rite away i try to start again it does it all over..can anyone help? at first i was thinkin alternator but now im thinkin starter..plz help..

[rawill240sx]

Clean your battery terminals mine did that the other day.It wouldn't jump start either, I pulled the terminals and cleaned them it fired right up. Had the battery and alternator tested both were fine.

[ramrat]

mine did the same thing - it was the starter. Put a cheap rebuilt starter in it - still had the same problem. then I put in a factory nissan rebuilt starter - problem solved.

[Sally_]

Had the same problem, too. Found out the guy who owned the car before me had the wrong sized battery installed (too small), and then it finally died. It still didn't start all the time, so i replaced the starter.

[fantabulous]

had this problem with my bro in laws car. heavy throttle made his wiring harness years ago before they were popular. back when they were still twisting and taping instead of soldering. anyway, wire for ignition for the turbo timer was twister together, that came loose under the dash somehow. only way it started was by push starting. just a suggestion. hope u fix it.

[Nismo31]

~update~ well i bought a starter and no good. took me about 40 mins to change and she didint do anything as usual. i dont know wut to do. this sucks sooooo much

[mackdaddy240]

check the battery out, make sure theres water in it and it has good conection, check all your grounds, if that doesnt work get another starter I've had a bad new starter before, it happens especially if its refurb which most are for s13s unless u spend $$$$$$

[[Zero-S]]

Someone posted a writeup about how to repair your starter on the board. But yes, the answers given are pretty much it. Its either a bad battery connection, or your starter. Both will click, and both will let the electronics still run, but neither will let the engine start.

[sactos13]

Check that battery. Do you have a voltmeter handy? If you can, have someone try and start the car while the meter is on the battery directly. Report back with static voltage *nothing on* and voltage while cranking......

I'm betting your voltage while cranking goes down to ~7V, it sounds like a bad cell in the batt. Nissan battery by chance??

Another thing common on s13's is the starter relay.

Aftermarket starters are pretty ****ty IMO as well, but I'm doubting the chances that you have 2 bad starters sitting there, and they tend to go out slowly more often than not. Most of the time acting up when the car's hot.