ive tried puting a secound hand starter moter on it which does work but it still aint working is there anyone tha can help please thank you
2006-08-13 04:56:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Could be:
Bad solenoid.
Neutral safety switch.
Bad battery.
blown fuse.
Bad key switch.
Crusty connections at battery terminals.
Frosen engine.
No spark.
No gas.
Broken timing belt.
More information would be helpfull.
What exactly is it doing, or not doing?
2006-08-13 05:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you weren't so cheap, you would buy haynes manual, or, pay a genuine mechanic to find and fix it, once and for all!
How long have you had to walk while you thought about getting someone here to 'fix' your car?
And, you haven't even stated the problem in any meangful way! Is the battery good?> all cables and grounds clean and corrosion free? Is the motor turning over?
How old is that car?
What make/model/ engin/transmission???
did you move the shift lever from 'Park' to Neutral and try it? Could it be the neutral safety switch, a problem that is common to certain makes and models? Is it a stick shift that requires you be in Neutral, with the clutch depressed, before the starter will engage???
You see, we are here, with the brains like a computer, having built our own cars since our teens, and have seen almost everything known to man or possible in any machine.
Like a complex computer program, you have to put good data IN (questions, comments), if you want Good data OUT!!! GIGO, Garbage In = Garbage Out!
Do to your lack of experience with automotive mechanical systems, you can't ask the question in a form that will let us work on the problem!
You need to narrow it down, to some specifics, so we can at least give you the correct information!
Ask again, or go to Google, or the CAR forums, on IRC, or UseGroups.
ASK Like this:
Question:
I have a 1988 Lincoln town car, with the 302 V--8 engine, Signature series, with the OD transmission, and the heavy duty trailer towing package, and I replaced the starter, but I only get a loud 'click' when I turn the ignition switch.
Answer: OK, so the switch and harness is ok. is the battery load test proving that the battery is charged, and a voltage test of the Positive to Frame Ground, and to Engine ground, proves that all ground and positive wiring is correct!
When testing voltage from the Starter cable to the Ground, key on, there is full battery voltage. The 'firewall' mounted starter solenoid (actually located on the fender liner) is tested and functional. All of it's terminals are tight. The press-on ignition wire is on the correct terminal, not the other empty screw terminal... that would click and not power the starter...
Now, you shifted from Park to Neutral, and tried it, and shifted back to Park and tried it, as sometimes the Neutral switch is not engaged until you move it a couple times...
Turn on the headlights, do they dim when you try to start the engine?
No means:
the electric part of the ignition key switch, or the solenoid, is loose, bad, wires broken, on the wrong posts. Or, starter is not grounded, engine is not propoerly grounded (bonding wire at back of the manifold, goes to firewall!)
YES means:
Then the only answer is that the starter, though new or rebuilt, is defective and you want the parts house to test the current one, OR, any new one they exchange to you, in front of you, on their instant test machine!
I hope that helps, but, truly, don't know why I bother... I'll simply be behind you on the Interstate, and you will be in the FAST lane, doing 40, with your turn signal on, miles from the nearest exit!
2006-08-13 05:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 05:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the battery flat?
A yes-> charge the battery
A no-> Is there any fuel in the car?
A no-> put some fuel in the car
A yes->is the immobiliser on?
A don't know -> call the experts
A yes -> turn it off
A no ->has someone fiddled with your electrics?
A yes -> threaten them until they rectify the problem
A no -> there could be a problem with the starter motor, is there?
A yes-> solved the problem
A no-> are the spark pugs or glow pugs carbonised?
A yes-> replace
A no -> has someone cut your fuel pipes and welded them shut?
A yes -> buggers
A no -> can't think what the problem might be then, so I suggest you trade your car in and buy a new one over the internet. Try the link in my 360
2006-08-13 05:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by James 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
then you need to test the signal circuit, the small wire that goes to the starter from your ignition key switch. When this wire is energized it tells the starter to kick on. Test for voltage in this small wire when the key is turned, should be 12 volts when you try to start. If it has voltage, starter is bad, or connections are dirty/bad. If no voltage, then there is a problem in the starter signal circuit ( relay, ignition switch, wiring). You can jump power from the main power cable going into the starter from battery to this small terminal on starter, should kick it on. Then you know if starter is good. Hope this helps!
2006-08-13 05:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be the wire that goes to the starter solenoid, take the wire off (its the thin wire on its own) and see if you have power there.
if not then the easiest way is to fit a starter button.
2006-08-13 05:05:29 · answer #6 · answered by chunky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the car is crank but no start:check your distributor ( ignitor & coil), spark plugs and spark plug cables, these temps to make sure you have fire going to your motor, check your fuel filter see if fuel running, also check your fuel pump if its on, and also check your timing belt (if your car use one, some car use timing chain), you might want to check fuses also.
if none of these would not start your motor, bring it to your mechanic, that what i did before !
hope you solve your problem
gud luck !!
2006-08-13 05:16:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you havent said wether ir not it is turning over. if your starter motor has gone it wont try to turn over, if it does then it is down to something else. give more info; what car year engine etc what it is doing exactly and i think i could help.
2006-08-13 09:42:51 · answer #8 · answered by hot property 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More info please.
Can you jump start it?
Is it a manual, and if so, can u push start it?
What noise(s) is it making when u try to start?
What Year and Model?
How old is battery?
2006-08-13 05:03:43 · answer #9 · answered by sc0tt.rm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petrol or a spark plug might help.There are a dozen and one things it could be.
2006-08-13 05:02:08 · answer #10 · answered by Julie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋