86SupraWrath;1264384 said:
ive had many times of bein under the hood workin on something and the hood just falls down. screaming lots of four letter words in succession seemed to help ease the pain:biglaugh:
My 86 Supra
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ive had many times of bein under the hood workin on something and the hood just falls down. screaming lots of four letter words in succession seemed to help ease the pain:biglaugh:
Not so good. I did however get everything cleaned and put back together, BUT now the car wont start:icon_evil it just makes a clicking noise and the engine dosnt turn. Anyone have any ideas what it could be?:nono:
No its a brand new batery and starter. The alternater was still good had it checked. Looked in my haynes manual and it said "If, when the switch is actuated, the starter motor dose not operate at all but the solenoid clicks, the the problem lies with either the battery, the main solenoid contacts or the starter motor itself (or the engine is seized)." I eliminated all but the last one in ( )'s bc i dont know how to tell:1zhelp:
gtsfirefighter
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Was that "milk" on one of the pistons?? If so, I'm sensing rod knock in your future...sorry.
The starter signal wire may be bad. It's the little brown wire that plugs into the starter. It's a VERY common problem. Try jumping your car off. If it starts then that may be your problem. Rule out bad battery/starter first. It's not letting enough amperage go through to flip the contacts. I'm not an expert but I had this problem on my 86.5 and that is what my personal supra guru told me.
He also designed a fix using a standard automotive relay and the problem was resolved.
Oh, get you a breaker bar, hook up to the crank pulley and turn the engine. If it spins, then it's not seized up. It will be difficult to turn on compression strokes.
The starter signal wire may be bad. It's the little brown wire that plugs into the starter. It's a VERY common problem. Try jumping your car off. If it starts then that may be your problem. Rule out bad battery/starter first. It's not letting enough amperage go through to flip the contacts. I'm not an expert but I had this problem on my 86.5 and that is what my personal supra guru told me.
He also designed a fix using a standard automotive relay and the problem was resolved.Oh, get you a breaker bar, hook up to the crank pulley and turn the engine. If it spins, then it's not seized up. It will be difficult to turn on compression strokes.
gtsfirefighter;1268354 said:Was that "milk" on one of the pistons?? If so, I'm sensing rod knock in your future...sorry.
The starter signal wire may be bad. It's the little brown wire that plugs into the starter. It's a VERY common problem. Try jumping your car off. If it starts then that may be your problem. Rule out bad battery/starter first. It's not letting enough amperage go through to flip the contacts. I'm not an expert but I had this problem on my 86.5 and that is what my personal supra guru told me.
Oh, get you a breaker bar, hook up to the crank pulley and turn the engine. If it spins, then it's not seized up. It will be difficult to turn on compression strokes.
:icon_mad: Yes it was milk :cry: and ill check that wire ive had the problem b4 but i thought it was just the bat and starter cuz they were bad. I dont think that its seized up then cuz i set everything to top dead center when i put it back together, and i just used a rachett didnt even need a breaker bar:wtf:
gtsfirefighter
SM Expert on White trash
So it's not seized up so don't worry about that.
Get some jumper cables and try jumping it. If it cranks then the signal wire may be the culprit. You did say the battery and starter are new right? Brand new or "used" but new to you?
Get some jumper cables and try jumping it. If it cranks then the signal wire may be the culprit. You did say the battery and starter are new right? Brand new or "used" but new to you?
well check the ignitor cause the same thing happen to my friend with his supra where it wouldnt turn over. so he replaced the ignitor and it started.
No sry its been in the low 30s past few days and today its raining stupid tx weather, its 85-90 one day the next thing u know is its below freezing:icon_evil
Ya tell me about it. Anyways im off 2marrow(sunday) so hopefully it will be warm enough to fix it. :dunno:
Ok so i fixed the whole clicking noise and i feel like such a dumb ass but i forgot to connect the powerwire to the starter:nono::cry: anyways now the car still wont start it turns over just wont start and also this little silver thingy on the left hand side of the car under the hood started buzzing its right by the suspention a fuel pump resonator or somthing like that. Anyone have any ideas????:1zhelp::1zhelp:
Lol no i just checked to see if it would start didnt get to try anything, then heard the shinny thing buzzing:aigo: