Meiogirl

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its your grounding.
my ABS light came on too,
my car was making strange noises too,
my car lights would come on and my car would not start.

try pop starting it, mine would start that way.

after the grounding was fixed, all these problems went away.

FDNewbie

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SHE'S ALIIIIIIVEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL...don't mind me...I'm extatic!! It took a while to lift the car enough, cuz I had to use a combination of the stock jack, then the professional jack I have, then I had to lift the other side too, cuz the car was STILL too low lol...but in the end, I got her up. I slid underneath, and started searching for this notorious starter. ZoomZoom told me it's a silver cylinder-shaped object behind the engine....so I start lookin. The only silver thing I found in front of the tranny case was to the right of the oil pan. I said wut the heck...we'll try it. Gave it a good 7-10 light smacks w/ a hammer, opened the door, gave her a try, and nothing. Just as I was about to let off the clutch, BOOM, she started right up!! I let her warm up for a few, shut the engine, and tried to crank again. She wouldn't start at all. I was like wtf?? So then I let out the clutch completely, and tried again, and she started right up. Turned it off again, and tried one more time...she fired up right away. Whew....I'm SUPER relieved. All I had to do was bang on the starter lol. I'll take that ANYDAY. BUT, I'm curious if my clutch switch is on it's way out, simply due to the hesitation I got the 2nd time around??

Either way, SHE'S RUNNING FINE! THANKS A LOT everyone...I really appreciate the help

~Ramy

ZoomZoom

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WELL WELL WELL, Guess you Novices with your battery Chatter were just wrong again. .......
So where is the guy who had his money on the battery?

su_maverick

glad everything worked out for you man

Meiogirl

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what about the abs light?

FDNewbie

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Thanks Neal. I'm REAL glad too.

Gloating a lil bit, are we? lol

The ABS light never came on...the ABS unit was ticking tho.

paw140

I still think it's your clutch switch. It's making an intermittant connection. That is why you got the hesitation the second time, and why pushing and releasing the clutch allowed it to start. You haven't solved your problem yet... it *will* happen again.

areXseven

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Glad you got it running again! But I still say it was the Battery. Someone probably charged it while you were underneath wacking the heck out of your starter.

FDNewbie

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The clutch switch is easy to replace, right? Not very involved? I'mma see if I can find a How-To on one of the RX7 sites...

EDIT: I didn't find a how-to of it yet...feel free to drop me a link if you have one!

Dawg lol...give it up haha. No one in my family is car savvy, PERIOD, including me lol. But I ignore that fact and have been trying my best to learn as much as I can. So no, no one would be doing anything car-related minus me. Hell, the oil on all the cars NEVER gets changed unless I get around doing it (even if it's like 15K miles later lol). That, and OMG...someone else touching my car? hahaha. That's a good one. I love my family and all....but they know better

RXtacy

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Ha thats good, If you need help w/ the clutch switch its real easy just give me a ring and i can walk you through it. By the way hows the TV workin if youve got it set up yet.

J.S.J

Even today the rule still applies, "things with moving parts fail first most of the time." Just be happy you don't do this for a living.

Herblenny

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Its the clutch switch..
Like Paw and I been saying.. And its similar to what I ask you to do earlier.. Turn the key to start and start pushing the clutch until the switch catches.. I still have to do this to my celica when it sits for awhile.. After it starts, it starts over and over.. I think its something to do with wear in the switch.... either something built up and not making a good connection or something..

Anywhay, I don't think banging on the starter did anything.. maybe psychological reassurance..

Well, any case, i'm glad it started..

FDNewbie

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Mike, I'll def. hollar at you about the clutch switch. My friend needs to change his too, but that's cuz his stock FD is stalling when the A/C is on...

The TV"s great...it's a HUGE improvement. I couldn't get the box outta the car, so I just opened the box lol. It fits PERFECTLY btw...good stuff. I still gotta play w/ the controls a bit tho, cuz there are these vertical lines every 2" or so that are kinda noticeable on the screen...

Phil, I'm glad it started too hehe. Like I said above, either way, that clutch switch is gettin changed. Rather do it now in my garage than have to deal w/ it later on in the middle of nowhere...

Actually, I DO do this for a living. But unlike mechanics who have it easy IMO, I have to fix things while they're still moving and make sure nothing goes wrong... how's THAT for a challenge lol

TEDDER1

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IF someone looks this up in the future... why, if everyone was so concerned about the battery, didnt someone tell him to just jump the solenoid terminals. Mine did this same exact stuff yesterday (how i found this thread)first i checked the battery with a multimeter and i also checked the solenoid and got 12.4 v so i knew it was good. and i just had my dad sit in the car (key forward) while i reached under with the car on the ground and "hotwired" it. it started right up. The auto warmup scared my dad though so i knew my problem is electrical. either the clutch switch or a relay for the solenoid.

SlingShotRX7

Congradulations.

Such a relief when things work out.

I kinda have similar problems. but I always
push the clutch in a couple of times, when it
doesn't want to crank. and Vrooom vroomm..