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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 09:43 AM
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Default Car will not crank... please help

I have an Aristo swapped SC300... Initial startup with an AEM ems went fine car idled great... I pulled the car out of my garage to clean up and a few days later tried to start the car to pull it back in the garage... initially it turned over but no start... now it wont turn over just a single click every time the key is turned

items ive ruled out are:
battery (Autozone tested)
starter (Autozone tested)
starter relay (replaced no change)

anyone with any ideas would be greatly appreciated... Im really hoping I didnt lock this motor up how can i rule that out? thanks for any help with this
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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no ideas???
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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if youre getting click no crank verify terminals/ cable and grounds to start at least. also is the starter engaging if you hook it up directly to the 12v source?
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 12:20 PM
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check to see if the battery is fully charged, if it started the first time i dont see why it wouldnt the second unless u left something on and drained the battery
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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ok the the manual says starter relay is supposed to have continuity between pins 1 and 2... I have my old one and a brand new one and neither have continuity between those pins... can anyone verify if that is accurate info in the manual?
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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My car did this at startup also, my issue was where the negative cable grounds to the block. I had to remove the ground and wire brush where the ground makes contact.
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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from the dead... turned out to be a bad ground cable, not completely cut but enough to not allow proper amperage... FYI if anyone has similar issues
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:23 AM
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Were you getting spark even though the cable was that way?
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 08:30 AM
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not sure... wasnt my concern at the time just need to get the starter to spin first
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