wierd issue

[knightrider]

sometimes when i press the clutch and try to start the car it doesnt even at least turn.I press the clutch all the way down and doesnt matter if i try to start it in 1st or nuetral.It only does it sometimes,Anyone want to take a stab at it?


The car is a 98 gt 5 speed vert.

 

[MustangChris]

bad battery cable?
bad starter?
bad starter seloniod? (have to replace the entire starter)
bad battery-to-starter cable?
faulty ignition?
old/worn key?
computer chip in key isnt working 100% anymore?


those are just my personal stabs. i dono...

 

[knightrider]

thanks,anyone else?

 

[mikey94gt]

I wonder if it is the safety switch on the clutch pedal. sometimes the pin gets worn, and the switch doesnt contact all the way. I eliminated it in my 88, its easy to do to the 94 as well.

 

[MustangChris]

anyone think it might be something funky going on with the fuel-cut-off switch in the trunk?

 

[deesnutsgt]

I wonder if it is the safety switch on the clutch pedal. sometimes the pin gets worn, and the switch doesnt contact all the way. I eliminated it in my 88, its easy to do to the 94 as well.

This is a definite possibility. I had the same problem in my old gsx.

 

[knightrider]

anyone think it might be something funky going on with the fuel-cut-off switch in the trunk?

i thught it as that at first so i replaced

 

[CC'S95GT]

i was thinking clutch saftey sw also.

 

[joekd]

Wont be fuel cutoff or else it would just keep turning over

Is anything else going on? No guages, no beeps, no lights? Aftermarket starter kill or alarm?

If it is the safety switch everything else will be normal, car just wont turn over, you even pop start it and the car would run fine if thats what it is

Also it doesnt matter what gear (or neutral) you are in when trying to start it, that's only for autos, manuals rely on the safety switch only

 

[mikey94gt]

lol, I had a problem with the fuel inertia switch the other day. turns out if something in the trunk hits it, it will shut off the fuel pump. I had this happen as I was tail out around a median, spinning the tires and cutting a quick u turn.