if the main relay went out would you still be able to push start the car? i can hear a click from under the dash which sounds like the relay but the car wont turn, but it will start if i push start it. any help?

 

the motor doesnt turn over when you turn the key? Either your ignition switch is messed up or your starter is. your main relay sounds fine since its clicking and fuel pump is priming.

you wouldnt be able to bump start the car with a bad main relay.

good luck - jim

 

Put direct 12v+ to the starter, if it cranks then it's not the starter.

Also check your clutch inhibiter switch, the rubber piece on the pedal (I think it's called pad pedal stopper) could have fallen/broken off. Even if you have the clutch depressed, the clutch switch will not be "made" and it will prevent the starter from energizing without this rubber piece. It just goes right through the hole that the pad pedal stop has vacated. It's about a size of a nickel.

I had the same issue, car would push start but not crank, and the starter checked out good. I thought it was the relay as well, but after I replaced the relay, I was back to square one. I took me almost all day to figure out that the pad pedal stop had broken off and the clutch switch was not made. After I replaced the pad pedal stop I was able to start the car.

Hope this helps