Starter Problem Engine Won't Turn Over (Searched)

[w1ck3d240]

Well lets see were to start. i have a 91 240sx and i have just put a engine in (ka24de) and well it wont start. i got the engine in fine and it started up a few times now it just clicks. when i turn the ingnition i just get a single click. i have a new battery and i had the started tested and everything checks out. so here i am i got on here looking for help and i found a thread talking about the samething and they found a solution by cleaning where the cables connect and i did this. i also had a battery relocation kit in my car today i re relocated it back under the hood. Still just a click i had a friend hook up some cables and tried to jump it off and all i get is click still, and i know that it is the starter solenoid that is clicking not a relay. i really cant think of anything else to do. can someone help me?

[SidewaysRPS13]

Have you checked all your grounds?

[w1ck3d240]

Yeah like i said i re located the battery back in the front of the car and i ground the batery to the chassis. i also drove it before the swap and everytyhing ran find other than a my vac hoses were all messed up and the timeing.

[Florida240sx]

Power cable on the starter. It's messed up either connection or something. Simple as that.Take a jumper cable one ot batteyr positive, 1 to positive to the starter see what happens.

[vancouverbc]

look up starter in tutorial link in my signature

[w1ck3d240]

i looked through the tutorial in your sig and i have also tried the direct 12v to the power on the starter. the gear shot out and went directly back in and would not come back out. i used the ignition switch in my car rather than bypassing it, i figured that isnt the issue since we make it as far as the clicking. i am considering buying new battery cables and terminals because the battery is brand new, starter tests fine at napa, and i have relocated the battery back to the front of the car so cables seem to be the last step

[w1ck3d240]

Update, well today i regrounded everything and my friend and i hook up the jumpers to the 240 and when i turn the key i get a faster click. like more rapid. but my lights dim down quite a bit while the keys turned. my friend thinks its a wireing problem. i really dont know. i need somemore suggestions.

[rogoman]

The starter solenoid is most likely bad.

[vancouverbc]

check the second positive that goes to starter. its continuous 12v+. large wire. your starter wont spin without this wire. are you sure you have the right starter for your car?

[w1ck3d240]

i do have the right starter for my car. there is a power cable running from my battery to the starter and the second connector coming out of the starter hooks up to another plug which i am guessing is the ignition switch. I have the connector going to my ignition switch hooked up and i used a friends battery and connected it to the starter when i turn the key the gear shot out and shot back in really fast one time. I could not get it to come back out a second time.

[vancouverbc]

ok, i misunderstood. hook up your friends battery to the ignition wire. the wire that unplugs. then, try with it hooked up to the big positive at the solenoid. then , with your friends battery hooked to both. make sure the plastic red connector at positive of battery is plugged in.

the connection to ignition wire is only for few seconds or you will destroy starter. dont connect to anywhere else other than solenoid.

specifically, where did you connect your friends battery to?

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[vancouverbc]

I know that people connect the 12v+ somewhere and that causes the starter motor to spin. I would guess that you connected to the starter motor and got no spinning which would mean your starter motor is shot. hit the starter motor with hammer to see if it starts.

[w1ck3d240]

tried to hit it with a wrench still just clicking. we hooked the battery up to the positive on the solenoid and the ignition to plug in my car. it poked out once my friend said it did look like it spun that it just punched out.

[vancouverbc]

tried to hit it with a wrench still just clicking. we hooked the battery up to the positive on the solenoid and the ignition to plug in my car. it poked out once my friend said it did look like it spun that it just punched out.

theres probably something wrong with the starter motor. maybe you burnt it out while troubleshooting.

the other possibility is weak ground. look up ground in tutorial link in my signature.
Modified by vancouverbc at 3:30 PM 3/3/2008

[w1ck3d240]

i have everything grounded correctly, and napa saids the starter it fine

[vancouverbc]

maybe you damaged the wire going from solenoid to starter. you should be able to hear the starter spin when you supply 12v to starter.

[w1ck3d240]

ha ha ha!!! well after buyin a new starter and still got the clicking noise i finally desided to push the car down a hill to see if it would start, and you know what i got? nothing the car just slide the aZZ end right down the hill. whick told me it never was the started in the first place it was the newer motor i had just bought had locked up! now im trying to get my money back for the engine. but if anyone wants to by a 91 hatch body , headers, cat back, transmission, or a short throw. send me a email. [email protected] thanks for your help guys i guess i just have sh*t luck