cruizin01 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 95 sohc civic 5spd manual trans. Trans went out last weekend. Picked up a replacement one this week. Installed it with a new clutch today without issues. Car only clicks now but wont start. The car started and ran right before we took the trans out. -We checked the grounds that were removed during install, they look fine. -checked cables at battery -checked connections at starter -tried jump pack. No change -used battery cables to add additional ground from engine to chassis. No change Messed with it and messed with it. Eventually the car started one time. Put the rest back together, car failed to start again. -Installed new starter, car still fails to start. Just clicky click click. Any ideas? Thanks Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Are there theft immobilizers built into tranny, did you advance timing or is the cap loose, factory alarm? Try putting power straight to starter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Try turning the motor over a little and see if it does the same thing. Also check the routing of the positive wire, when I had this problem with my old Camaro the positive wire had melted because it was too close to the header and when I hit the key it would ground to the header instead of turn the starter over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Either a junk trans or you didn't check the ground connections well enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Try jumpers from a different battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Do civics have a clutch safety switch? If so is it hooked up and functioning properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Make sure it turns over by hand, ie put a breaker bar on the crank bolt and make sure it spins reasonably free, then go back over what you listed up top because you missed something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky31186 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sounds like a bad connection. Did you clean off the starter wire connections? When you jump try grounding to the engine not the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizin01 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Try turning the motor over a little and see if it does the same thing. Also check the routing of the positive wire, when I had this problem with my old Camaro the positive wire had melted because it was too close to the header and when I hit the key it would ground to the header instead of turn the starter over. when we removed the starter we didnt even remove the harness, just pulled it to the side. But we'll check the wire again. Either a junk trans or you didn't check the ground connections well enough. even if the trans was bad I can't figure out how that would keep the engine from starting with being a manual. When the clutch is in there is nothing on the trans being used except for the starter being mounted to it. Try jumpers from a different battery. we'll look into this. I figured a 600amp jump box would be enough to turn it over regardless of the battery. and like I mentioned the battery started the car 3 hrs before this. Do civics have a clutch safety switch? If so is it hooked up and functioning properly? I think so but I figured if the solenoid is clicking its working. Both connections are getting power. Make sure it turns over by hand, ie put a breaker bar on the crank bolt and make sure it spins reasonably free, then go back over what you listed up top because you missed something. This was my next step after reading around last night. We plan to look at it again today sometime. Ill report back. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizin01 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Well, my brother (who the car belongs to) took a look at it again today and now the car starts every time. Cant get it not to start. Nothing was done overnight except putting it on a small trickle charge. I still find it hard to imagine it was a low battery. -the battery is less than a year old -it started 3 hrs before we got the no start -we tried a jump back and a plug in charger and still nothing. But we wont really be able to diag it any further until it acts up again. crazy cars. thanks for the advise everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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