I gotta 88 civic wagon. I have this problem where all the sudden it wont start when i turn the key. The battery was relocated to the trunk cuz its turbo. It used to start up everytime. I was hookin a turbo timer up the other day and it would work correctly. So I was turnin the car on and off like every five minutes. So I finally gave up and realized its defective. So I went to start the car and put the heat on and suddenly nothing. I turn the key nothing happens. Battery has charge full 12 volts. Everything works I. I check all major fuses under dash under the hood. The motor gets fuel. I hear the relays click when I goto start it. The only was I was able to get the starter to start the car would be to manually put a 12v source to it. Like we took my friends car put jumper cables on the battery and ground my starter and put the positive to the switch on the starter and it would take a little bit but eventually turn over and start.. After that the car runs fine. I can do anything while running car has 13.7 vollts about. Just as soo as I turn the car off it wont start again but it all has power. I ripped apart the dash and everything inside the car and checked every wire for melts found absolutly nothing.. I seriously unwrapped all loom and electrical tape search wit the dash outta the car. I wasnt able to jump the car even if I put it up front where the battery was. Im outta ideas and done rippin my hair out. would the main relay cause this? I checked all the ground on the motor the trans themorstat valve cover and the back battery ground is good. Like I said it worked completely fine then all the sudden nothing.. Any help is appreciated.

 

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just cause a relay clicks does not necessarily mean its good. you might have burned up the starter solenoid from turning it on and off so many times when you were puttin in the turbo timer. You said you could start it manually at the starter solenoid if you jumped it? double check the solenoid.

I was having a little trouble understanding the reading so someone correct or add if im wrong

 

I was jumping directly to the starter. Taking another car taking cables puttin the one set on the battery revving it up and the other ground on the starter and the posi on the constant power then takin a 3rd wire and bridge the constant power to the switched power on the starter. I dont kno how to go about screwin wit the starter solenoid. I dont even kno where it is. If I could maybe get a pic or something?

 

but also would the main relay stop me from crankin the starter? When I turn the key nothing happens but it shoots fuel and the fuel pump is on. no crank

 

yes it would keep you from turning the starter, a pic? hmm let me see what i can do. But you can check it by putting a screwdriver across the terminals if it cranks when you do that but not when you turn the key it could be that.

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