pissing me off
02-10-2007, 12:09 AM
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pissing me off
my car wont start. i turn the key and it sounds like the starter is trying to turn over but it wont. this has been happening before and my friend told me it was my ground for my battery and it was but now i got it in there with perfect contact and it still wont start and it pissed me off so much. i fully charged the battery like 30 times and kept trying. nothing. help
02-10-2007, 12:20 AM
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oh yeah and i was working on my 1/4 panel today b/c there was a big crack in the paint....yeah crack in the paint and 1/2" of bondo the idiots who painted it put on to fill in a low spot instead of hammering down the much smaller high spot. yeah the 1/4 is all ******. i worked on it for 3 hours and its mucho better but still needs hella work. heres some pics in a minute
02-10-2007, 09:45 AM
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Heres a little trick I know. Get out a hammer and go hit your starter a couple times (no im not kidding) hit it rather hard. Then try and start it again. If it works then you have a bad starter. You can keep using the hammer method to start it for a couple weeks then it will probally stop working.
02-10-2007, 01:35 PM
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when u mean trys to crank but doesnt like u hear noise in the starter or its a slow crank?...id try checking the wires to and from the starter to make sure u just dont have high resistance or an open....as far as the hammer method....i think thats just asking to buy urself a new starter
02-10-2007, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ville04
when u mean trys to crank but doesnt like u hear noise in the starter or its a slow crank?...id try checking the wires to and from the starter to make sure u just dont have high resistance or an open....as far as the hammer method....i think thats just asking to buy urself a new starter
Cmon people, remember, this is a car, its not all that fragile. You dont want to know half of the things your techs do to your car while you dont see it. There isnt alot of 'finesse' involved.
02-10-2007, 06:21 PM
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yeah someone else i asked also told me to hit it with a hammer. im gonna try this later tonight if i get over there. good thing my y pipe is off it should make it easier to get to the starter. thanks for the help guys. you think i should save up and get a high torque starter or maybe a starter off ebay? or just go to advance and get a direct replacement. i really appreciate the help though guys.
02-10-2007, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Phate
Heres a little trick I know. Get out a hammer and go hit your starter a couple times (no im not kidding) hit it rather hard. Then try and start it again. If it works then you have a bad starter. You can keep using the hammer method to start it for a couple weeks then it will probally stop working.
02-11-2007, 02:36 AM
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hey gray dont know if you figured it out or not but i had this issue and thought i had a good battery charged it la ti da ti da and yeah i had to put a new battery in it and that's all it needed