Posted: 10/31/2013 9:03:02 AM EDT
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Went to start my car to go to the store it will not start clicking noise coming from the side of the engine. Tried getting a jump that wasn't the problem.. Starter?? 1998 Jimmy |
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Loose positive battery cable at the starter. Pull it off and clean it up good and try that. Look for the simple stuff first. I'd try the cables at the battery first. Are the clamps and terminals clean? Take them off to clean them up, use a pocket knife if that's all that is handy. The battery could be dead. Cold weather kills old batteries that are limping on their last legs. After all that is verified good, check the starter. |
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Loose positive battery cable at the starter. Pull it off and clean it up good and try that. Look for the simple stuff first. It's a '98 Jimmy that has already started and ran once today... Have a helper dive underneath it with a hammer, and have them tap the starter with the handle while you turn the key. Then drive it home, or to the nearest shop, and install a new starter. 
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Do you have rust at the rear roof area where the liftgate glass hinges are? If so check your grounds. A bad ground at the rear window will not affect the starter, as it is directly connected to the engine block, which has its own ground cable connected directly to the battery. 
ETA: GM vehicles love to corrode the shit out of those stupid battery terminal bolt connections. I would make sure that those are clean, and then get a new starter.
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Are the clamps and terminals clean? Take them off to clean them up, use a pocket knife if that's all that is handy. The battery could be dead. Cold weather kills old batteries that are limping on their last legs. After all that is verified good, check the starter. Quoted:
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Loose positive battery cable at the starter. Pull it off and clean it up good and try that. Look for the simple stuff first. I'd try the cables at the battery first. Are the clamps and terminals clean? Take them off to clean them up, use a pocket knife if that's all that is handy. The battery could be dead. Cold weather kills old batteries that are limping on their last legs. After all that is verified good, check the starter. She already tried boosting it. |
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Are the headlights bright? That would let you know if the battery is bad. Sometimes a battery can be so kaput that you can't even jump start it.
Also, about the loose and/or corroded terminal. The lights can be working, but when you try to hit the starter, the high amperage load will cause the loose/corroded battery terminal to lose contact, opening the circuit. Then when you let off the starter, the lights come back on. |
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A bad ground at the rear window will not affect the starter, as it is directly connected to the engine block, which has its own ground cable connected directly to the battery.
ETA: GM vehicles love to corrode the shit out of those stupid battery terminal bolt connections. I would make sure that those are clean, and then get a new starter. Quoted:
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Do you have rust at the rear roof area where the liftgate glass hinges are? If so check your grounds. A bad ground at the rear window will not affect the starter, as it is directly connected to the engine block, which has its own ground cable connected directly to the battery.
ETA: GM vehicles love to corrode the shit out of those stupid battery terminal bolt connections. I would make sure that those are clean, and then get a new starter. This is the important part. They all have rust in that area
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Loose positive battery cable at the starter. Pull it off and clean it up good and try that. Look for the simple stuff first. I'd try the cables at the battery first. Are the clamps and terminals clean? Take them off to clean them up, use a pocket knife if that's all that is handy. The battery could be dead. Cold weather kills old batteries that are limping on their last legs. After all that is verified good, check the starter. She already tried boosting it. A weak battery will allow a jump start. But won't accept or hold enough charge to turn the starter. The solenoid will click but the starter will not turn. |
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Do you have rust at the rear roof area where the liftgate glass hinges are? If so check your grounds. A bad ground at the rear window will not affect the starter, as it is directly connected to the engine block, which has its own ground cable connected directly to the battery.
ETA: GM vehicles love to corrode the shit out of those stupid battery terminal bolt connections. I would make sure that those are clean, and then get a new starter. This is the important part. They all have rust in that area So they all rust there due to bad grounds? You lost me. 
My parents owned a 1999 Blazer for the better part of a decade, of all the problems that it had, it didn't suffer from rust, or electrical problems, aside from the occasional starter, and alternator. It still lives on with around 190k on the clock or so. One of the worst well intentioned things that GM ever did was to use battery terminal bolts. Too bad they had such a small head on them (5/16") that they would always corrode away, leaving most people to use vice grips on them. On ours I cut the positive sleeve away from the cable end, and just used a terminal sealant to keep the corrosion at bay. Worked way better than the factory "protective" sleeve, and nothing at all. |
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Quoted: How much will I need? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Needs more juice. I would look really silly pouring the wrong kind of juice on it........ |
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Quoted: About a cup and a half. Don't do it in the driveway, it will stain concrete. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Needs more juice. I would look really silly pouring the wrong kind of juice on it........ Disclaimer Just to be sure no one really thinks I am going to do that... |
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well your mechanic is coming, but in the future.
turn on your headlights and try to crank. If the lights go out and you hear the click click click, it is either dead battery, bad cables, or bad connections. when trying to jump start, you can eliminate the ground as a problem by grounding off the engine block with the cables instead of the neg terminal on the battery for the bad battery car. the car charging should still have both cables on the battery. This also eliminates bad connections to the battery as a cause. If this way of jumping the car doesn't start it, then it probably is a bad starter. |