Stock S-14 help please

s13driftertb · Post by **s13driftertb** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:45 am

This is my wifes daily, the 14 won't always start, turn over. I've changed out the battery, the battery wire termanls, cleaned the ground, and changed the starter. but every now and then you put in the key turn it and it just clicks.

any thoughts? is there some sort of relay that could be going out?

Thanks.

Tom

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:57 pm

Did you try installing a boxer?

Post by **andysapp** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:33 pm

down_shift · Post by **down_shift** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:54 pm

check the cap and rotor. if thats not it it may be your fuel pump.

s13driftertb · Post by **s13driftertb** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:08 pm

cap and roter are fine, so is fuel pump. When it turns over it catchs with no problem. It's just that sometimes when you put the key in a turn it nothing happens.

I checked with my neighbor and he seems to think the starter was wound to tight when they made it or remanufactured it.

P.Haire · Post by **P.Haire** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:14 pm

i'm thinking bad ground somewhere.

matts13 · Post by **matts13** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:14 pm

battery cables/ terminal ends.

s13driftertb · Post by **s13driftertb** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:40 pm

matts13 wrote:battery cables/ terminal ends.

new ends and cleaned the ground points.

Pittsy · Post by **Pittsy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:48 pm

I'm with Patrick on this one. I'd say bad ground somewhere. I'd try tracing all of the wiring as best as you can with a volt meter.

P.Haire · Post by **P.Haire** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:56 pm

i'm thinking starter or motor has a bad ground. also make sure the new connectors are tight around the terminals.

s13driftertb · Post by **s13driftertb** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:39 pm

FYI....

I forgot to come back to this... It turned out the new starter was wound too tight when they rebuilt it. I left it a lone and in a week maybe 10 days it was fine and no problems since.

collink · Post by **collink** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:23 pm

s13driftertb wrote:This is my wifes daily, the 14 won't always start, turn over. I've changed out the battery, the battery wire termanls, cleaned the ground, and changed the starter. but every now and then you put in the key turn it and it just clicks.

any thoughts? is there some sort of relay that could be going out?

Thanks.

Tom

Hmm...I had problems like this for a while too. It was a bad ground to my battery.

Stock S-14 help please

Stock S-14 help please

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