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No Crank need help please daily driver!

rlamas

rlamas

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Hi I've owned my car for a few months now its been my daily driver since ,it has has little over 50,000miles..

Saturday morning I drive it to the store and back didn't drive it since, tonight I tried to turn it on to go to the store and it didn't crank at all? What could be the problem the car won't turn on I can hear the fuel pump go my radio is on all my lights turn on except it just won't crank.. I thought maybe the computer needed to be reset so I disconnected the battery and put it back on and still nothing???

WTF out of no where the car just won't start what could this be? please any suggestions so I can get her back on the road to get to work lol
 
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Are the bat terminals tight? Check the nuts holding the wires on the starter are tight, mine rattled loose and would not turn over. Battery is fully charged?
 
I can hear the fuel pump turn on and there is pressure in fuel lines..just the engine won't crank over at all could it be a starter issue?
 
They are tight..tomorrow morning I need to get a jack under there and check the starter I've been hearing it could be the solenoid I'm just not sure where that is located?
 
The solenoid is part of the starter. Check the large terminal for constant 12v and the small terminal for 12v when you turn the key to the start position. If you have power both places and still no crank put a starter on it
 
I'm sorry for asking but where are the large and small terminals located I'm not to familiar with checking these parts..
 
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You will see them once you locate the starter. The terminal with the large wire comes from the battery and the small wire comes from the ignition circuit. If I was on a computer I'd show you a pic but I can't from my phone.
 
Starter is on the right side of the vehicle, located just behind the motor mount. The starter mounts toward the transmission and the solenoid faces the front toward the motor mount. The solenoid is on the top of the starter and is where the electrical connections are made. The positive battery cable connects here. The smaller terminal is where the signal from the ignition activates the starter.

An old school trick with Delco starters is to hold the key in the start position and thump the starter with a large hammer. If the brushes are about gone this will get it spinning again. This will work on the TTA if it is is jacked up. It is not like an old truck you can actually get under.

Good luck getting running again.
 
Well I'm going to have you check tomorrow since a thunder storm and cold front have decided to come threw.. I checked the security light it turns off as soon as I put the key in
 
Remove & clean batt. termenls Remove & clean Term. @ starter Leave Batt. Terms OFF till done 2 ttas 2 starters replaced
 
Ok I finally got around to replace the starter..still the car will not crank over at all I tried cleaning and charging the battery still no crank?
 
Is there power to the starter solenoid when you turn the key to the start position? Take a screwdriver with a plastic handle and jump the two studs together and see what happens.
 
I think there are 2 fuse links on the starter pink wires i think may be broken in middle or opening on key up pull wires off starter and feel a long the short lenth may feel brake in wire Remeber it is a fuse will need to use fuse link of same size if needed any auto parts should have it if needed good luck Rob
 
Well I had my dads friend come over and look at the car..he was able to jump start the car threw the starter so that determine wasn't a problem, after that we look underneath the steering will we saw a wire hooked up to a fuse box that seemed a little burned so we pulled out the fuse box looked behind it and there was the problem a burned wire coming out from behind the fuse box I'm not sure what the wire had to do with the ignition system or security system but once we replaced it the car turned on!
 
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