aabensonae

I have had this problem on and off for awhile now. My car won't start. It's a 94 GT and I have changed out the batt., alternator, ground cable from the batt. to the block, and now I changed out the starter. Now the damn cr won't start. All the electrical stuff in the car works fine ie..radio, windows and so on. I am at a loss. I have taken the volt meter to some things and it seems as though voltage is getting to all the right places. I fanyone has any suggestions please let me know.
I am getting really frustrated.

FiveLiterRiceEater

your car needs 4 things to run

fuel
air
compression
and spark


does the engine crank and not start? or does it not even crank?


if it cranks:

check fuel pressure.
check spark.
check compression.

if it doesnt crank

check your starter relay
make sure your battery has atleast 10 volts, your starter needs atleast 9 to safely operate without damaging anything, or so says the instructions that come in the box

PX429

have you checked your Pick Up Coil?

scoutbb

I had the electrical system replaced in my 1994 GT back in 2004 and everything was working fine until Jan 2006; Mach460 front amp is no-longer passing low-frequencies to the rear amps and replaced the starter and alternator in 2005... It still looks new, and, I decided to trade it off on a 2005 Mustang GT w/4525 miles. It looks like our cars were built on a Monday or Friday.

scout

Joel5.0

Assuming a starter not activating problem.....

Here's a tip:

Remove the starter relay from the engine compartment fuse/relay box....


Look at the relay socket terminals configuration, it should look similar to the pinout diagram on the RH side in the pic below....


If you momentarily place a jumper wire on the terminals id'ed as 30 & 87 (use the terminals orientation or the relay prongs numbers to id the terminals)...the starter should activate....if it does, the problem may be a faulty neutral/clutch pedal switch or, the ignition switch......do you have a starter cutoff alarm system installed?.....

aabensonae

Before I replaced the started it would click when I tried to turn it over but now it won't even do that. Who knows maybe it has something to do with the clutch.

aabensonae

Update!!!! I tried jumpering the relay manually and nothing happened. When I tried to start the car with the key you can here the relay activating so that sounds as if it working. I tested the voltage from the batt. to the solenoid and it is around 12.5. I had the starter tested just to make sure and that is good. I heard some clicking from what looks like the computer module on the radiator overflow tank, when my dad was trying to turn it over with the key. Any thoughts????????

aabensonae

Well I switched out the ignition switch(not the key), and all was fine and dandy for about 5 starts and now I am back to nothing again. This really sucks I thought I had this nipped in the budd. I can't figure this out because all my gauges aren't working now either.

aabensonae

Well problem solved. Can you believe a little black wire that isn't grounded properly can cause that many problems. God I hate electronics on cars.