I turn the key to the ignition and it wont do anything but my lights come on and my radio come on but my gauges wont light up now

So far ive tried:

jumping it
tapping the starter
bought new spark plugs

 

all you hear is a click when you try to start it?

clean the terminals that go onto your starter. if that doesn't work replace your starter.

 

make sure the small wire is hooked to the terminal...also make sure its getting power when you turn the key

I would bet on ign switch or bad starter.

also...is this for an auto or a manual? This could open up more troubleshooting ideas

 

You must post what car you have.

 

Could be your starter like ziprock said that happened to me before

 

i had this problem last week.check your starter and make sure the wire are all connected. i thought it was my clutch sensor just to look under the hood and find out there was a wire that was disconnected

 

check your starter

 

its a 93 civic hatch manual and i hear my fuel pump go on and than i turn the key and nothing happens. It didnt look like any wires were disconnected when i looked

 

Did you see post #4? The red arrow points to the rubber stopper that presses on the safety switch. Is the stopper missing?

 

Check the fuses, my brother had the same problem so we changed the dizzy, changed the computer, checked his wiring and all it ended up being was a Goddamn fuse

 

Try and get a new starter

 

Can you hear the fuel pump prime?

 

post number 8...
OP... I would look at post number 4. Seems to be a big rash of those stoppers slipping out of place

 

i had this problem last week....happened right in the middle of delivering pizzas...i have a 94 civic dx...it would "pop" off starter was good...alt was good....after about an hour of pulling stuff off and getting them tested i pulled the clutch switch off and bypassed it with a paperclip....it worked
Dustin