Help? Still Cant Get The Car To Start... :(

[teknostorma]

ok, bought a new starter motor today.

installed it.

waited for the sound of my engine. no dice

not happy

Everything is installed correct.

Getting power to the solenoid, but no power after.

anyone......

i cant stay home with my parents a minute longer!!!!!!!!!!!

[chook]

solenoid 'clicking' ?

make sure battery cable connection is clean/degreased.

did you do a bench test before install ?

[teknostorma]

bought this one brand new aswell. all terminals are sweet.

just did a another bench test and its clicking in and out and spinning like it should.

but no dice in the car

[chook]

long shot with all the metal to metal contact,.... bad earth

or could be a problem with the starter circuit, try a direct connection to battery and see if it rolls over in car, as a few people have reported starter circuit problems before and installed a relay, as the solenoid was drawing too much current.

[teknostorma]

giving it another go now.

just turned the motor over abit with the flywheel to see if that helps

i cant seem to find a relay for the starter motor tho ?

any ideas?

[chook]

there is no relay, some guys retrofit one as the circuit cannot handle to current sometimes.

[DaveB]

Yeah the 'relay' is the solenoid in the starter motor itself; starter circuit just handles power to the solenoid. One lead on the starter should have power all the time iirc so just try the screwdriver-across-the-terminals trick (just don't get the wrong one) with ignition on, does it crank?