I have power to everything but the engin wont turn over, click, or anything. Whats wrong?? It has a brand new battery, and alternater. i cant figure it out.

 

It's mad at you for calling it a piece of ****. It wont start until you talk to it nicely and give it a body massage.

Year? Trim level? Engine? These things help in determining what's wrong.

 

i was nice to it, then i started calling it a piece of **** because its acting gay its a 1985 honda accord, i dont know what a trim level is. ANd its a 12 valve engine. manual tranny, 4 cylinder


Modified by Andrew8703 at 10:10 AM 12/24/2004


Modified by Andrew8703 at 10:11 AM 12/24/2004

 

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Give us a year and trim level! V6 or 4cyl? Manual, auto? Help US help YOU!

 

1985 4 cylender, manual i dont know what trim level is

 

go join http://www.3geez.com they would know a little more, but i think an 85 is 2nd generation Accord? 3geez would have more knowledgable people on it than here...most people here have Accords from 90 up...

 

hey when i first got my battery i hooked it up backwards because my terminals arent marked. Do u think that could be a problem why it wont start. And what can happen if you do hook a battery up backwards?

 

I know you'll have huge problems if you JUMP a battery backwards. I suggest you clean the battery clamps (off hte battery of course) with baking soda and water and a toothbrush, then reattach it properly. It may be just a bad connection.

 

ill have to try that then. this is my last post so ill write tomarrow or some other time. ill keep u posted on the progress on my car

 

i found out the problem. When i hooked up my battery up backwards, i blew my main fuse. do you know how much they run for?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Andrew8703 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i found out the problem. When i hooked up my battery up backwards, i blew my main fuse. do you know how much they run for?</TD></TR></TABLE>


at kragen they are like 5-10 bucks

 

Glad it was an easy fix. I'd still look into the other forum though, you'd probably find more info on such things there.

The old accords are sweet...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by accordselux &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Glad it was an easy fix. I'd still look into the other forum though, you'd probably find more info on such things there.

The old accords are sweet...</TD></TR></TABLE>

the 1985 is a 2nd gen not a 3rd gen ....

 

I assume you didn't bother to read this?

"go join http://www.3geez.com they would know a little more, but i think an 85 is 2nd generation Accord? 3geez would have more knowledgable people on it than here...most people here have Accords from 90 up..."

We've established that already. Thank you for not reading the thread.

 

I just wanted to add, my friend was jump starting his car from a battery and he hooked the cables up backwords, and the battery basicly blew up on him. He was lucky he wasnt really badly burned from the acid. Be careful man, never be to careful!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by casmello &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just wanted to add, my friend was jump starting his car from a battery and he hooked the cables up backwords, and the battery basicly blew up on him. He was lucky he wasnt really badly burned from the acid. Be careful man, never be to careful!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah I agree, car batteries are one thing you can never be too careful with, very dangerous ****! That's good that nothing major was damaged tho. Good luck and BTW those older accords are sweet!

 

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So wait...it wasn't the "piece of ****" car, but it was the dumbass owner...talk about irony at it's finest.