hypeonline

ok my 91 si with a b20/b16 trans is arcing electricity grime the starter to the trans when I use a starter gun, if I try just using the ignition switch it just clicks, all the grounds are there, valve cover/trans/thermo housing, the lights work, the fuel pump primes, there is fuel, no cel's, all the sensors are connected I at my wits end anybody have any ideas of what it could be?

4drEF

Take a jumper cable and clamp one cable directly from battery NEG to the starter housing.
Does that change anything?

hypeonline

i though about it but i didn't try it ill have to do it, Im not near the car at the moment, ill do that as soon a i get to it, would that be from the starter not being ground that it could possible cause this problem?

4drEF

I think maybe so?
"trans is arcing electricity grime the starter to the trans "
I found this pretty confusing, but I am assuming you are seeing arcing from the starter to the the trans housing.

hypeonline

when i say arching there's literary electrify flowing from the stater to the trans, it dose it when i use the starter gun, the starter dose not crank when you use the key

4drEF

Yeah, sounds like you have a really weak ground from trans to starter.
Give the jumper cable a shot and see what happens!

hypeonline

thanks 4dr ill check it out when I get to my car, its getting old just seeing it sit on Jack stands, ill post up the results and hopefully it fixes this problem