I put a new starter, new battery, new distributor, but nothing. Turn the key no sound, besides the relay switching over.

Tested the starter wire to see if its gets voltage when the key turns over but nothing! So i'm guessing it's the ignition.

I check the ignition and no power to the Black/White & yellow wire, in the III position.

What the heck? :

I checked all my fuses, nothing blown. It just starting to happen

This is an 89 Civic DX. AND YES I DID A SEARCH!

 

is it auto or manual?

 

check the clutch switch..?

 

does your head lights turn on? does any lights come on when you turn the car on? if no then it might be your alternator since you got a new battery

have you even tried jump starting it yet?

 

if it is the clutch switch take it off and put a wire going to both of the terminals on the plug and see if it starts.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IronOutlawz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if it is the clutch switch take it off and put a wire going to both of the terminals on the plug and see if it starts.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Im gonna go check that, i hope this works!!!!

thanks for the quick reply guys, i'll let you guys know if it works.!!!

 

1) I cut the two wires (Blue & Black) leading to the clutch pedal switch and connected them two. So now i don't have to deal with that problem

2) I add another tranny ground to the chasis.

3) i changed the 'Main" rely (I think it is located on the diver side kick panel, has like 7 pronges on it).

4) check my ECU light, it only flashed once, and it was off.

results

Still the same things. When I turn the key to position III, it doesn't do anything, besides the relay (located behinds the center console) clicking. nothings else!

ARGHH pain in the ***.

I know i'm getting power, doubled check the leads from the ignition switch and still no power coming from the yellow wire and the black/white. SAD

 

you connect the thermostat ground?valve cover ground? if its all there i cant think of anything other than your distributor or your fuse box.

 

1)yeah i check the thermostat,

2) it's a brand new distributor

3) I ran out of things to look at in both fue boxes.

 

well i hope someone knows how to cure this problem. when it started to happen to me it was getting really hard to shift. dont know if that has anything to do with it though.

 

Check your ground wires.if that's not the problem then the next best thing to do is to check your clutch wire and make sure it's not locked.

 

nope have a new clutch cable so that couldnt be it.

 

if you have done what has been suggested, then it should work!

 

ive done all that and even replaced my ignition switch and it still doesnt work. im sure Tuan is feeling the same way i am.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IronOutlawz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ive done all that and even replaced my ignition switch and it still doesnt work. im sure Tuan is feeling the same way i am.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Did you ever fix your problem? I'm still stumped.

Gonna wait for a new ignition switch... and see what happens after

 

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I check the ignition and no power to the Black/White & yellow wire, in the III position.
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Did you check before or after ?

 

nope still havent fixed the problem. im sick of screwin with it so im gonna wire a push button on it. but in the mean time if anyone has fixed a problem like this i sure would like to know.

 

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Did you check before or after ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

What do you mean before or after? I check while it's in position III. Also before and after. No voltage to it. So i'm guessing it's either a ground, relay or bad ignition.

 

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Let me know how your gonna hoook up that push button.

 

your ignition switch is prolly just shot,there would still be power to it if your realy went out it just wouldnt prime the fuel pump or have the ability to start your car.

 

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What do you mean before or after? I check while it's in position III. Also before and after. No voltage to it. So i'm guessing it's either a ground, relay or bad ignition.
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But on what side, before the ingniton switch or after it ?

 

Its the clutch switch. Same **** happened to me when I was o-so-happy and about to go on a date. Needless to say the rest of the night sucked, and so did the following few days.

Got up under the dash, the little blue button cover was shattered that engages when you push the clutch in. Im a big dude so it was hard for me to get down there and jump the wires, so instead I jammed a bolt in the hole on top of the clutch pedal, viola, car started again.

Did the same for my damn brake lights a month before to!

LOL!

 

its not the clutch switch. i jumped it and i told tuan to do it to and it didnt work for both of us.

 

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Yup!!! so frustrating. When you think you found the problem, and it's not.

 

So did you check before or after the ignition switch ?