My R/T won't start!!!!

the palmetto · #1 05-25-2008, 05:53 PM

Ok, here is the lowdown. Got a 92 R/T. Just a few weeks ago I put in a new battery, alternator, and terminals due to electrical problems from storing the car for a long time. It's been running great ever since. BUT, just a couple days ago I went out in the morning to start it up, and it wouldn't. I had just driven it the previous day, so the fact that it did not want to start was odd. I had someone connect some jumper cables and it did not work. I have a fully charged brand new battery that is reading 14 volts, but when I turn the ignition it just gives me a *click* from under the hood. It only clicks once when I turn the key each time to start the car. Any ideas here guys? Thanks.

the palmetto · #2 05-26-2008, 02:59 AM

The EEK! Mailing List on AllPar says this, does anyone think this sounds about right as a decent hypothesis?

59. Car / minivan will not start, CLICK!s instead

David J. Allen quoted (e-mail address removed).mil as saying that, when his
89 Caravan sometimes made a loud CLICK instead of starting, he saw that the
starter solenoid contacts were eroded down the thickness of a penny.
Vandamme soldered a real copper penny, filed to the shape of the missing
electrode, into the space.

David J. Allen wrote: [On my 88 Caravan,] I tore the starter down and found
that the contacts had worn down to the point of only providing intermittant
contact when engaged. A friend of mine brought me a couple of strips of
1/8" copper from work which I cut and formed into new contacts. They fit
right in and I haven't had a problem yet (1 1/2 years).

damageincracing · #3 05-26-2008, 11:18 AM

Check your cables too. Too much resistance in the cables or corrosion under the insulation will do this as well. It will act like the battery is dead.

the palmetto · #4 05-26-2008, 05:25 PM

I moved the car in neutral and then it started right up..? Weird. It has to be something with the starter.

bansheenut420 · #5 05-31-2008, 11:59 PM

Starter is going.....
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Hope to see ya overthere.