Grey matter wont start help please.

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By Cl9junky
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:48 pm #309991
Rotary_EG4dr wrote:have you checked your clutch safety switch?? you said it started when you bypassed the ingnition switch, remember that it bypasses the safety switch aswell. try jumping the safety switch ** MAKE SURE YOUR IN NEUTRAL ** and try and start the car again.


That was one of the first things I did Tealdx suggested it but to no luck. I this point I might just take it to a shop cause I am not getting anywhere :cry:
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By Cl9junky
- Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:48 pm #310943 Nope nothing at all I been jumping the starter whenever I need to use the car. My Honda friends and I around here are all stumped. I am stuck cause I am being told not to trust any shops up here and just from what I seen I dont anyways but myself and and my friends have any clue what going on. Maybe ill get a buddy to let me try his wire harness but that seems like a long shot
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By EG Love
- Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:01 pm #310946 Ahh, I hoped you had found the problem. I'm stumped too and yeah, I dont trust shops around here either..

By SL93ex
- Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:31 am #310963 By any chance did you try starting it by using a flat head screw driver in the ignition switch? (disconnected from the column of course)
When I was having problems with my ignition switch I noticed that the hourglass shaped key on the back of the lock cylinder looked worn. Wasn't my problem, but it caught my attention.

The starter cut relay on/near the kick panel could be stuck too. It kills the power to the starter when the engine is running. (Or something to that effect)
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By Cl9junky
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 2:08 am #314909 :lol: :lol: :lol: I can only start by laughing because over all i am in a good mood. So i met up with this old man at an auto parts store looking for water spot remover for the windows in my hatch. Long story short the old man figured out the problem outside in the parking lot. It was the main starter relay :facepalm:
Even though i had checked it before (putting my hand on it and feeling it "click over") it was somehow still bad. Put a new one in and FRAP! good as new. Thanks old man at auto parts store...and the guys on civic-eg for the fast replies and the help.
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By bigJOE671
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:37 pm #315073
Cl9junky wrote::lol: :lol: :lol: I can only start by laughing because over all i am in a good mood. So i met up with this old man at an auto parts store looking for water spot remover for the windows in my hatch. Long story short the old man figured out the problem outside in the parking lot. It was the main starter relay :facepalm:
Even though i had checked it before (putting my hand on it and feeling it "click over") it was somehow still bad. Put a new one in and FRAP! good as new. Thanks old man at auto parts store...and the guys on civic-eg for the fast replies and the help.


Where is the main starter relay located? I'm assuming its not the main relay for the fuel pump, ecu, and fuel injectors that you are talking about.
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By Cl9junky
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:12 pm #315093
bigJOE671 wrote:
Cl9junky wrote::lol: :lol: :lol: I can only start by laughing because over all i am in a good mood. So i met up with this old man at an auto parts store looking for water spot remover for the windows in my hatch. Long story short the old man figured out the problem outside in the parking lot. It was the main starter relay :facepalm:
Even though i had checked it before (putting my hand on it and feeling it "click over") it was somehow still bad. Put a new one in and FRAP! good as new. Thanks old man at auto parts store...and the guys on civic-eg for the fast replies and the help.


Where is the main starter relay located? I'm assuming its not the main relay for the fuel pump, ecu, and fuel injectors that you are talking about.


Your right its not the main relay that is located underneath the kick plate that is the size of about your palm. It the main starter relay is located to the left of the fuse panel up against the left of the dashboard you lnow it the right one because it has a green plug and the relay its self is attached with a small bracket. It a pain to get to.
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By Punksz6
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:41 pm #315095
Cl9junky wrote::lol: :lol: :lol: I can only start by laughing because over all i am in a good mood. So i met up with this old man at an auto parts store looking for water spot remover for the windows in my hatch. Long story short the old man figured out the problem outside in the parking lot. It was the main starter relay :facepalm:
Even though i had checked it before (putting my hand on it and feeling it "click over") it was somehow still bad. Put a new one in and FRAP! good as new. Thanks old man at auto parts store...and the guys on civic-eg for the fast replies and the help.


That's flippin Cool!! Glad you got it fixed!! that's why you respect your elders!! There Flippin Awesome Dudes!! :thumb:

Hey how did the spot remover go for ya? I got water spots from the sprinklers in my apartment complex. I was thinking of trying the new mothers water spot remover?
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