we just finished my swap and when i hook up my battery my starter makes a click like its trying to engage. It started smoking so we unhooked the battey, it does this when the keys are out of the ignition

what could be the problem?!!??

 

help!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ShagPower &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">we just finished my swap and when i hook up my battery my starter makes a click like its trying to engage. It started smoking so we unhooked the battey, it does this when the keys are out of the ignition

what could be the problem?!!??</TD></TR></TABLE>

something is shorting out. check your ground wires, starter wires, alternator wires, ignition wires.

i had the same on my previous car (not honda), found out i had a ground wires shorted.

 

FU&lt;K that starter eh cody

everyone the starter is fucked we checked it with the d series and it worked

 

im going to double check the grounds too

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Santys EK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">FU&lt;K that starter eh cody

everyone the starter is fucked we checked it with the d series and it worked</TD></TR></TABLE>

we didnt check it right

i'll check the grounds in the morning

 

ah this is bothering me. The starter clicks so there cant be anything wrong with it, i havent tried turning the engine over yet tho

philosofy1 what should i be looking for? the short circuit would mean i have a ground wire getting a positive signal...or vice versa..right?

 

happen to me once as well. put the positive on and poof, lots of smoke. turns out the ground to the starter was not in all the way and the metal was touching a part of the starter. just took it off and retighten the ground and it started fine. gl

 

you can't short out a ground, a short is when a wire is grounded when it is not supposted to be

 

OK, today me and pops tested all the grounds and everything is good, the tranny ground was weak so i cleaned it up.

We hooked up the D-seried starter to test the ignition. It didnt make the "click" sound when we hooked it up to the battery so that was a good sign. I when i turned the key it worked like its supposed to.

So the problem seems the solenoid on the B16 is permanently closed so everytime we hook the battery up it tries to engage....therefore I need a new starter.

NEW question is..are B and D series starters interchangeable?