92 Integra makes clicking noise but won't start

[knorwj]

Originally Posted by xtoyotacorex

grabbing hold of the 2 terminals wont shock you, if you don't have insulated cables and try to connect the pos terminal and your solenoid, you will get shocked, why don't you try it and get back to me? It's alwayse a good precaution to warn people about possible hazards, if their highly feasable or not.

try it and get back to you? hmm well tell ya what I just rebuilt a starter on an International crawler/bulldozer. Since it was a starter that was in a bad positon to pull I checked the soleniod first by running a starter cable down from the battery. I held it on to the battery post with my thumb and the other end held onto the solennoid with my other thumb? I didn't feel anything. does that count? want me to run out and try on my integra also?


Now if you don't make a good connection it may spark, maybe this is what you are thinking about when you say shocked. But rest assured those sparks will not hurt you. Another thing that may happen is if you use too high gauge wire it may heat up and burn you, this is also not a shock.

[Sean_K]

thanx for replying again everyone,,, lets not fight about shocking ourselves.... so if i can please have your attention back to my starting problem,,, how do i check my starter seloniod again?? someone suggested to run a cable from battery's positive to the selonoid,,, i thought there is already a cable running from the battery's positive to the starter selonoid,,,, so when i am checking/testing the selonoid where am i supposed to connect this battery positive on the selonoid??? and what i am supposed to do which the other connector on the selonoid that is comming from ignition, when testing/checking selonoid???? plz let me know so i can troubleshoot my starting problem further....

thanx for your help everyone....

[knorwj]

well the cable that is already there is more than likely interupted by the keyswitch, so running a cable down to it will hopefully cut out the switch and make her spin.

However I would recomend pulling the starter to check it. then use a pair of jumper cables to test it. On most starters it is grounded through the case so the negative cable can be connected to it anywhere except for the positive terminal on the solenoid. then simply touch the positive jumper lead to the stud on the solenoid where the wires were connected. now if functioning propery the starter gear should do two things, it should spin and it should slide forward (engage the flywheel). now if your solenoid is bad it will not engage.

As a precaution I wouldn't spin it for long, starters heat up quickly and burn up just as quickly, a good 3-4 second spin is more than enough to see if it is working. make sure when testing to let it cool off just as long or longer as you spun it.

I would also recomend maybe sticking the starter in a vise or just setting it on the ground when testing as depending on how powerful a starter it is it will have some torque to it and may twist out of an unsuspecting hand. (wouldn't want to get a finger caught in that gear when she starts spinning)



edit: if there is two studs on the starter for power, one may be to make it spin and the other may be to engage it. If this is the case you may need to touch both with power to make it spin/engage, touching only one or the other will make it only spin or engage not both.

[izzzyy76]

i have a 1993 acura it had the exact same problem. it was so simple to fix. I never cheked the battery conection because it has a red plastic covering it . But when i accidently just looked under it the cable wasnt making contact with the battery . Just make sure the cable is making good contsct .hope that helps.

[whtteg]

Welcome to AF izzzyy76.

That being said let's read this before doing any more posting in this fourm.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=174056