i have a 93 del sol... im running a stock jdm zc dohc ive had for about 4,000 miles it cranked easily everytime until recently. it started just clicking continuously fast when i hold the ingition trying to crank it.

ive tested the starter and battery on advanced auto's tester they both came out good... all the grounds are good, the main relay is good.

please help if u have ANY idea what could help i have to drive this car 30 miles to work tomorrow because i gotta ticket on my parents transam and am no longer allowed to drive that

 

if the battery and starter are good.. then check your ignition (cap, rotor, plugs, wires...etc..)

if you have to have it working by tomorrow, i suggest you try to push start it.. (if you have a 5-speed)

 

do you have gas in the car? im just asking because i went to start mine yesterday and it didnt. i guess having no gas ownes me

 

hmmmmm it just clicks and the battery is good

Really weird try push starting it to start with

 

it will start EVENTUALLY if i hold the ignition but while its just clicking the motors not turning over... which rules out dizzy, cap, rotor etc... fuel pump primes. push starting works. it has a brand new headgasket and its smoking white really bad which is weird. bad thing is im a mechanic on suzuki's itll look nice push starting my honda to leave. but i gotta do what i gotta do.

 

check the ground on the tranny.

 

ive taken off all the grounds and put them back on plus added more, all grounds tight

 

Ignition switch?

 

this was one of my guess's also but obviously thats working because its sending power to something to click.. also i have power throughout the car when in the ON position the lights work the guages/cel, bat, etc lights work and stuff... dunno if that matters... anyhow i have the dash out and the clicking sound is coming from the engine area as well as the main relay area which on a 93 sol is right by the interior fuse box... the clicking i believe is coming from the interior fuse box actually because i can feel it through the black relay for i think the flashers on the fuse box. all fuses have been replaced... ALL of them


edit also when i try to crank it the rpm guage fluctuates but not high just 1 - 2 grand but the motors not turning over.

 

RECHECK the ground from body to the tranny, i couldnt start my f-ing car for a whole day because of that dam ground.

 

did it click like mine is? im at work right now ill do it later my main question right now is could the start seem to be fine on the machine but actually be bad? i have a starter for an automatic at home but i dont think i have ne spare 5spds are there diff?

 

Something's wrong with the battery power path. It's nothing wierd, it's just a simple case of power not getting where it should go.

 

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My friend has had the same problem. We thought it was the starter, so we swapped it yesterday, no go. We looked at the grounds on the tranny-frame and a couple by the IM and they were really corroded. We cleaned the **** outta it and it worked.

I know you said you already checked, but triple check it

 

My friend also had a bad battery test 'good' at the parts store after he tried to jump it and it just clicked away. After everything else checked out, I hooked up the jumpers, ran my car at high idle for about 5 min, and his started right up. New batt, and everything is fine now.

 

this is freaking retarded... i came home and tried to crank it. it cranks fine, i tried it again in 30 mins... no problems.

now im wondering if the problem fixed its self how long ill have till it happends again in some odd place where i wont have tools.

any how thanks for all the replys i know grounds can be a pain in the *** i had a turbo d-series i drove all the way to myrtle beach from where i live which is like 4 hours almost with lights fickering and all kinds of weird stuff becaues the grounds were all loose b/c i didnt tighten them after putting the engine in the day before...

 

make sure the solinoid (small wire on the starter) is plugged in. I've missed it before and it just clicks