my sons car wont start,we check the battery and starter ,roto cap and all .when you go to start it , we put the key in and all we get is nothing . all power is there but starter dosent turn over or seems no power from ignition to starter please help us Dumb shade tree mechanics

 

you might have to replace your ignition coil. thats what it sounds like to me.

 

could it be a loose ground somewhere? same thing happened to me a while ago, and come to find out that my ground by the tranny was loose. it wouldn't crank at all or anything before we figured it out.

 

Is the ignition clicking? Like when you turn it over do you hear a click?

 

The ignition isnt even clicking

 

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it is a power problem.... check all of your grounds, had a ground loose once and it did the same thing...

Do you have a volt meter???

 

then it could be that it isn't even grounding. If you hear a click that is the ignition grounding. or it could be that you just can't hear it...

 

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check the ground by the transmission. thats the one for the starter. thought i could take it off and then the car wouldnt start. hope you figure it out.

 

i have checked all grounds and all are tight . I did notice something though . When i turn the key over the light to audio and ac/heater section go blank. all other interior funtions still light up . I am dumb founded.

 

take the starter out and get it tested at a auto store

 

jump battery voltage to the solenoid terminal (the one that plugs in to the starter solenoid, small wire not big heavy gauge).

If the motor turns over you got an open between ignition switch and solenoid, or you ignition switch is ****.

Oh yeah what year is the car anyways?

If nothing happens, check for voltage at the big terminal. Check the fuses.

 

check your fuses and ground conditions

 

same thing happen to my home bois car it may sound stupid and all but all we did was jump start the battery and it just kicked bak up iunno if u tried it or not but dats just my .02 cents

 

yea that's true. I would first just try to push start it if it's stick.

 

check main relay

 

check your engine ground. Also does the car have an alarm? possibly be in valet. which kills signal to starter. possibly bad starter

 

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try the ignition switch.. or the relay... 70amp fuse might do it

 

check all the fuses. check all grounds and starter. get number 4 cyl in tdc and open up the distributor and see if the metal thing is pointing to number 4 if not switch it around. other then that i have no idea.

 

is it standard ? its possible that the little plastic thing on top of the clutch pedal broke. if you can push start it then its probably that.

 

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You do know that the main relay is for the fuel pump, right? It has nothing to do with power to the starter.

 

not enough information...

 

run a jumper wire (18-22ga) straight from the +battery nipple to the starter..

you can use the female splice to slide onto the male, and run that wire to the battery..

 

i'm gonna go with the main fuse relay