Originally Posted by 89civicSiR
my car just did this and i spent about 8 hours total messin with shit, tracin wires, tightening connection and all that fun stuff. i posted my prob on this site and one of the first things i was told to try was the battery. i was stuborn and didnt think it was the battery but eventually i switched it with a good one and it fired right up. and if your battery is testing good for volts it could still be lacking the cranking amps to turn over that starter. so save yourself some time and just put a friends good battery in and test it out. also if its a manual push start it and take off the pos batt cable while its runnin if it quits then its your alternator....i ran into that one too
good luck
This is the ultimate nightmare. I also failed to mention a few things:
The axles arent in the car yet, so push start I dont think will work.
This car used to have an Alpine Alarm system in it, I already found the main starter kill which is under the dash that splits the black/white ignition wire, cut that out and reconnected the wire. Is there another place I should look for starter kills?
Another thing: I noticed that when everything powers up, in accessory the srs comes on and off like it should however!
The checking engine/oil pressure/etc.. things that are below my tach are either very very dim or dim and kinda blinking, but everything else works fine i.e. clock, air, headlights, fuel pump, radio.
I dont think its the relays anymore, now I know what they look like and where they are. So what is another reason why the starter isnt clicking?
Btw: How many cracking amps should I have, or whats the battery recommendation?