So for the past ~two weeks I’ve dealt with the clamp that goes around my negative post had been slipping off of the post. Today before work(seems to be only when you have somewhere to be) I went to crank my car, to hear a single click but no start.

Now, the lights come on, AC goes full blast, and the headlights and radio work. I jumped the battery from my wife’s car with no luck.

Based on this, could you give me some ideas/options/advice on how or what to fix/check? I have minimal tools and virtually no mechanical knowledge.

Any and all help is appreciated. Even if it’s just a “damn. That sucks.”

Video update. Yes I knowy car is dirty.

Didn’t know this community existed but in case someone else needs it later: https://lemmy.world/c/mechanicadvice

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
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    1 month ago

    With power and no start (confirmed by that other car connected in parallell, presuming that you had good connection), I would think it’s the starter itself, or something as simple as a fuse.

    That click you hear, where does it come from? Can it be the starter relay?

    Grab a voltmeter and measure for the starter - Does it get power when someone else turns the key?

    Obligatory: I’m not a mechanic. But I drove a 1995 car until March this year, and I did most of the maintenance and fixes on it myself. And I troubleshoot other electromechanical contraptions for a living.