r33 gtst ignition problem

[Mick]

hey i have a problem where i turn the key and i just get a tick, and sometimes that will happen for 5 or 6 times and then it will start, im so sick of it, tick tick tick tick tick vroom...

i checked all the alarm relays and car relays and i changed over starter motors and it still does it, but after it finally works i can turn it off and it will turn back on straight away first shot, so i think it might be the actual switch at the back of the barrel where the plug actually plugs into, there is a screw and you remove it and the switch comes out, so has anyone had a problem like this before and was it this switch to blame?

[blind_elk]

I had a similar problem with my 32. I inserted a relay to provide battery power directly to the starter solenoid, using the existing starter wire to switch the relay. Don't recall a problem ever since.

[tridentt150v]

yeah, your solenoid isn't throwing out, low battery power or a sticking noid.  Sometimes you can work on the noid, clean the grime out and lube with something like silicon spray and it will free up and work, or replace your battery and it works again.

But sometimes you need a new solenoid/starter motor....or try what Blind Elk said.

I'd also check your earth leads from the battery to the block.  As a check try using a jumper lead from the negative terminal to the block and see if that fixes it....if it does then your earth lead needs some TLC.