Car not starting need help

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There is no click inside when trying to start the car. There is a click however next to the engine fuse box. Is this the starter motor? Need help fast on this guys. Also, all the lights are perfect so it can't be the battery.
 
The click in the box is the fuel pump relay or the start relay. You say the lights stay on while crankin.
 
Yes, the lights stay on.

EDIT: I got a video of it but it's dark and you can barely hear it. (but it doesn't even make noise when I try to start it.)

YouTube- 93 Mark VIII not starting

So I have been reading and I am hoping it's just a corroded wire or the solenoid. Where exactly is all this stuff located in the car? I read it's on the passenger side but would like some more info about how to fix this issue.
 
NoLimit95 said:
Check your starter wire and see what it looks like. It catches all kinds of elements and almost sounds like it's not making a good connection down there.
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If I take a picture of the engine bay, would you be able to point me to where it is or is it under the car? If it is under the car where is it located?
 
Plus 1 . The starter ain't gettin it. it could be the main power or the S wire. Try shakin the cables by the starter if you gotta get home and look at all the fuses.
 
Go under the passenger side door and look right beside where the transmission mounts to the engine and the starter is right there too. You can't miss it. Loosen and tighten the wires down there. It has to be done from under the car.
 
Ok the red circle represents the solenoid and the blue circle are the wires that usually get corroded, right? I tried moving the wires but only the black one moved and it didn't help. I guess the next step is to actually loosen and tighten the wires and see if that works.

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I will check the fuses today and see if that's the problem. So the next question is, where is the starter motor?...lol
 
Mine did the samething with the same sound. I drove it in a bad rain/snow storm then it got down to 5 degrees for a week, turns out the starter had got water in it and froze, 2 weeks later it unthawed and worked fine. I had a Ford tech tell me about this and he said if i could to wait intill it got warmer and he bet it would start, sure enough it worked!!! lol Dumb luck i guess.
 
ford nut said:
Thread hijack......1968 Mustang coupe soon to have a DOHC!:eek:
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LOL yup and you can guess where its comming from too!!! Im also trading my Firebird to help out a friend and im getting my old 95 V6 Mustang back......wanna guess whats going into that too!!?!?!?!
 
Sorry guys, more questions. How do you take the starter solenoid out of the starter itself?
 
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