Starting problem..It'll click but not start.

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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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Default Starting problem..It'll click but not start.

I can't figure out wtf is going on. I've tried three different batteries and another known good starter and nothing has worked.

I relocated my batter to the trunk with 2 gauge wire. 1ft or so from the positive battery post I have a 100amp fuse. The wire goes all the way to a distrobution block that splits off two 8gauge wires. One going to the fuse block, one to the starter.

Here's what happened: We had a little bit of snow so I decided to go play around in it and I spun and when I came to a stop I killed the car by stomping on the brakes. Tried to start it and the fuse popped. I thought hmm, maybe I tried starting it to many times to quick and the fuse was overloaded and popped. So I hooked the connectors up on the fuse block and electrical taped them together just to get me home and the starter would just click.

I had a buddy there with me with some jumper cables and it still clicked. We decided to hook the positive side of the cable straight to the wire and see if it'd start. Nothing but clicking.

I've tried two different fuses, gone over my contacts and made sure everything was tight at the battery, fuse box(underhood), fuses under the dash all look good, and the starter.

What could be causing this?
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 02:36 PM
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No one?
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:33 PM
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Default Re: Starting problem..It'll click but not start.

i would say starter for sure, since you hear the starter clicking, this means you are getting power at the starter. plus, you tried jumping the starter directly and still no dice. but you did say you tried a known good one.
possible something has the flywheel jammed.
you try push starting?
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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I'll put my other starter on and see what happens. It still would not expalin why I'm blowning fuses. If I try and turn the car on with out a fuse, it'll click. With a fuse, it'll just pop.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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which fuse are you blowing?
check to see that you have 12v going to the signal wire on the starter
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 11:59 AM
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Default Re: Starting problem..It'll click but not start.

I'm blowing the 100amp fuse that's a food from the battery.
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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take your jumper cables and use one side to ground the starter to the chassis,if that works just add a new ground and ground that sucker from the starter to the chassis somewhere, i did a b16a swap and mine cranked fine for a week then started doing the same thing i added a extra body ground to the starter and never had another problem, cranks everytime
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 03:34 PM
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^^that doesn't explain the blown fuses though. must be shorting out somewhere.
look for brown burnt areas on the chassis
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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Default Re: Starting problem..It'll click but not start.

check your wiring. obviously somwheres its grounding out
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 12:29 AM
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Default Re: Starting problem..It'll click but not start.

Dude, i had this EXACT problem the other day, u know what it was? The - terminal wasn't making contact, so i bought a new top post clamp, and re-ran the wire. Runs great now.
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