Hey guys,

I tried to start my 88 GTU up this morning and it wouldn't crank. The idiot lights and radio come on, but no cranking AND no clicking. I don't really get it because I haven't had any kind of recent problems. The only thing I can think of is the fact that I used 89 Octane fuel for the first time in a while... and it rained pretty heavily overnight... oh and i think my ***** itched a little overnight too.

My bro told me to get under the car and hit the starter with a hammer, but i haven't tried that yet.

What do you guys think?

I really appreciate your time.

Chris

 

What's your battery voltage?

If battery is good, jumper your clutch interlock switch in front of the clutch pedal there (pull its connector off & jumper the pins on the connector), see if that helps...

 

gee thanks wayne.. ill try that out

 

Whacking the starter with a hammer might do something but as I recall, the lights usually dim and it clicks when it requires the hammer whacking. I don't think I've seen many starters that have just fallen on their face either. I'm with wayne to check out the petal sensor. My car will not start unless I push the petal to the floor and push pretty damn hard on it. Good luck.

 

thats exacly what happened to my car , i had just bought the car for $500 with broked motor so i put a new one in got it all done everythign back in its place tried to fill the radiator took awhile to figur it out put oil in and everything got a jug of gas and put it in got in turned the key nothign at all, got out checked everythign, found that the main circut was bad got a new one still nothing just about to call it a day untill it dinged (maybe the clutch isnt engaging) got under looked at the little thing that it hits to engage it and it wasnt quite pushing it in all the was bent it up a lil and brooommmmmmm started right up!!

 

Was that a complete sentence, lol???

 

longest run on ever... lol

 

yeah word.. that is a new world record for longest run-on ever. Thanks for your help though, toothpick and Wayne!