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kkozy1982
12-07-2006, 10:58 AM
my car won't start.

again.

played with the terminals. i can get it so the music starts to play but as soon as i try to start it, no go.

brand new battery and alternator. what else can it be?

it's one bad thing after another lately.
walec05
12-07-2006, 11:11 AM
oh shit....do you hear a clicking noise when you turn it on? or is it all just dead??
Kowalski
12-07-2006, 11:14 AM
starter...
Mr Grey
12-07-2006, 11:15 AM
If it's not clicking like Paul is trying to point out it might be the starter. i think the starter would have been obvious though. The only other things that come to mind is the switch to start the car not catching like Toshi's was doing. I know you have a 99, maybe the immobilizer :gotme:
Ovaltine Jenkins
12-07-2006, 11:15 AM
It's your battery/alternator/starter/ignition switch/immobilizer/key...........
Mr Grey
12-07-2006, 11:16 AM
You have a 99.. Enough said...........

QFT :wall:
kkozy1982
12-07-2006, 11:16 AM
oh shit....do you hear a clicking noise when you turn it on? or is it all just dead??

it's all dead. no clickign nothing.
Mr Grey
12-07-2006, 11:17 AM
starter then......hit it will the head of a screwdriver to see if it will start.........
kkozy1982
12-07-2006, 11:23 AM
starter then......hit it will the head of a screwdriver to see if it will start.........

so...i don't know where the starter is :'(
Mr Grey
12-07-2006, 11:25 AM
The starter sits pretty much under the intake piping that connects to the box. One way to find it is to follow the wires that connect to the top of the battery.
kkozy1982
12-07-2006, 11:26 AM
The starter sits pretty much under the intake piping that connects to the box. One way to find it is to follow the wires that connect to the top of the battery.


which terminal am i hitting?
Kowalski
12-07-2006, 11:32 AM
not a terminal, the cylinder that has a diameter of about 2 or 3 inches and height of 3 or 4 inches...
Kowalski
12-07-2006, 11:32 AM
http://www.autoelectricpart.net/catalog/17779.jpg
Mr Grey
12-07-2006, 11:33 AM
not a terminal, the cylinder that has a diameter of about 2 or 3 inches and height of 3 or 4 inches...

Andy is one the track.....follow the wires FROM the terminal
DasTeknoViking
12-07-2006, 11:34 AM
Smack the black colored part of the starter and the gold part on top of the starter... should start.
Biggs
12-07-2006, 11:42 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/deus3xmachina/DSC03049.jpg
il99max
12-07-2006, 02:14 PM
Kozue, that car is cursed. You should trade your brother for his car. LOL I hope everything works out for you with your starter or whatever is causing the problems this time.
50 Percent
12-07-2006, 02:20 PM
well i guess it is ok for now cuz duck got it to start and she is at work now...
kkozy1982
12-07-2006, 02:50 PM
Kozue, that car is cursed. You should trade your brother for his car. LOL I hope everything works out for you with your starter or whatever is causing the problems this time.

sometimes i wonder if my car is cursed... it's really retarded.
Goldtooth
12-07-2006, 03:39 PM
seems like all 99s are cursed but mine, go figure.....
Mr Grey
12-07-2006, 03:40 PM
seems like all 99s are cursed but mine, go figure.....

I recall a time when you had trouble starting the car. You got called on it for being an idiot with it, and then you blamed the car. :glare:
Goldtooth
12-07-2006, 03:44 PM
I recall a time when you had trouble starting the car. You got called on it for being an idiot with it, and then you blamed the car. :glare:
that must have been the problem that I had to fix from the previous owner....... :wall:
kkozy1982
12-07-2006, 04:31 PM
well, so far my troubles seems to be the same one as ducks....

crazy ass corrosion on my battery terminals.. i didn't think it was that bad... and i'm hoping that's the only trouble i'm going to have with this car...
f550maranello2
12-07-2006, 04:37 PM
i told ya.... replace the battery terminals.. both the terminals and wires and check all the grounds.... also if you ever regreased teh starter and used graphite grease that could be the problem also... meaning that the terminals for the solenoid (internaly) could be corroded all you gotta do is take it apart and clean the terminals as welll...
TurTLe
12-07-2006, 08:35 PM
put a vice grip on the battery terminal and start the car up.

i had to do that on my 98. i just drove it to work and fixed it during my lunch time. My negative leaked and finally rusted the band around the battery to break. You can barely see it at all. but tug on it and it will come at you. Those terminals look really crap in design cause they are really thin.

next up would be the cables. voltage drop battery to starter.