When I turn the key to start, there's one loud click and I that's the sound of the starter solenoid(because I bench tested my other starter with the solenoid and it made that same sound). So I beleive the problem does not exist with the starter and starter solenoid. I sanded down and cleaned the ground strap on top of the tranny to body ground(so that's probably not it). I tried running grounds from the neg. batt. post to the motor and tranny casing for more grounds.
What do I need to check next? Could it be an elect. plug or something to do with a clutch restart or something of that matter? Again the motor doesn't turn over just one click of the starter and u can hear the fuel pump kick in but no motor rotation.
Automatic swap in a 97 civic dx. Car started fine befor ethe swap. I replaced the tranny without taking the motor out. Doesn't turn over now. Battery good, terminals good. Checked all the elect. plugs many times, they seem all connected good. When u turn the key u get one click sound when u turn it on and one click when u let turn the key off. Is there a plug in that tells the car what gear the tranny is in? I shifted the tranny and the lighted dash gear pattern follows along with my manual shifting on the dash. I sanded the wire from the tranny to the body, that seems good. I ran another ground from the neg on batt. to the motor. I replaced the starter with my original one, that one did work for sure. I didn't replace the starter soleinod though could that be it and is that right next to the starter with a little black ground plug in and a 12mm brass nut on the power cable? What is my best chances to check 1st?
