Re: 1996 accord lx wont start!
 

On May 15, 10:17 pm, importdynamix2...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On May 14, 4:01 pm, barbadomu...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > hello, everyone!
> > my accord wont start! it wont turn over. the stereo and lights all
> > work. thought it was the battery at first so i replaced it this
> > weekend. tried to start it and got nothing. CHECK ENGINE light was on
> > for a while and there was a knocking noise on the driver side of the
> > engine which stopped whenever the car stopped or was left to idle
> > before it "met its maker". please help!
>
> >Barbado®
>
> hi there i have a 1990 accord and having the same truable come to
> find out it the wire harness from in side the car that's a lot of
> work :( my accord will turn over but no start

someone here mentioned it might be a bad starter. not the 1st time i
heard ppl told me that since my whip croaked. that might be the
problem... which leads this mechanically-challenged car owner to a new
challenge: HOW DO I GET TO THE SOLENOID? it's like buried in there?
and if i get to it, THEN what?

Re: 1996 accord lx wont start!
 

On May 15, 10:17 pm, importdynamix2...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On May 14, 4:01 pm, barbadomu...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > hello, everyone!
> > my accord wont start! it wont turn over. the stereo and lights all
> > work. thought it was the battery at first so i replaced it this
> > weekend. tried to start it and got nothing. CHECK ENGINE light was on
> > for a while and there was a knocking noise on the driver side of the
> > engine which stopped whenever the car stopped or was left to idle
> > before it "met its maker". please help!
>
> >Barbado®
>
> hi there i have a 1990 accord and having the same truable come to
> find out it the wire harness from in side the car that's a lot of
> work :( my accord will turn over but no start

someone here mentioned it might be a bad starter. not the 1st time i
heard ppl told me that since my whip croaked. that might be the
problem... which leads this mechanically-challenged car owner to a new
challenge: HOW DO I GET TO THE SOLENOID? it's like buried in there?
and if i get to it, THEN what?

Re: 1996 accord lx wont start!
 

barbadomusic@gmail.com wrote in
news:1180455990.469716.326730@q75g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com:

> On May 15, 10:17 pm, importdynamix2...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On May 14, 4:01 pm, barbadomu...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > hello, everyone!
>> > my accord wont start! it wont turn over. the stereo and lights all
>> > work. thought it was the battery at first so i replaced it this
>> > weekend. tried to start it and got nothing. CHECK ENGINE light was on
>> > for a while and there was a knocking noise on the driver side of the
>> > engine which stopped whenever the car stopped or was left to idle
>> > before it "met its maker". please help!
>>
>> >Barbado®
>>
>> hi there i have a 1990 accord and having the same truable come to
>> find out it the wire harness from in side the car that's a lot of
>> work :( my accord will turn over but no start
>
> someone here mentioned it might be a bad starter. not the 1st time i
> heard ppl told me that since my whip croaked. that might be the
> problem... which leads this mechanically-challenged car owner to a new
> challenge: HOW DO I GET TO THE SOLENOID? it's like buried in there?
> and if i get to it, THEN what?
>
>

First,buy a service manual.
Helms is recommended,but a Haynes is better than nothing.Haynes should be
about $20 USD.,at most auto stores like PepBoys,Autozone,....

You WILL have to pull the starter off the motor.Perhaps from underneath.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Re: 1996 accord lx wont start!
 

barbadomusic@gmail.com wrote in
news:1180455990.469716.326730@q75g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com:

> On May 15, 10:17 pm, importdynamix2...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On May 14, 4:01 pm, barbadomu...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > hello, everyone!
>> > my accord wont start! it wont turn over. the stereo and lights all
>> > work. thought it was the battery at first so i replaced it this
>> > weekend. tried to start it and got nothing. CHECK ENGINE light was on
>> > for a while and there was a knocking noise on the driver side of the
>> > engine which stopped whenever the car stopped or was left to idle
>> > before it "met its maker". please help!
>>
>> >Barbado®
>>
>> hi there i have a 1990 accord and having the same truable come to
>> find out it the wire harness from in side the car that's a lot of
>> work :( my accord will turn over but no start
>
> someone here mentioned it might be a bad starter. not the 1st time i
> heard ppl told me that since my whip croaked. that might be the
> problem... which leads this mechanically-challenged car owner to a new
> challenge: HOW DO I GET TO THE SOLENOID? it's like buried in there?
> and if i get to it, THEN what?
>
>

First,buy a service manual.
Helms is recommended,but a Haynes is better than nothing.Haynes should be
about $20 USD.,at most auto stores like PepBoys,Autozone,....

You WILL have to pull the starter off the motor.Perhaps from underneath.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net