I think I'm officially the dumbest car owner ever

[KPowerEP3]

OK, so earlier today I went over to my girlfriend's house. We watched a movie, ate dinner, and messed around from 5 - 11 or so. I go outside, get in my car, which was running perfectly fine on the way up there, push the clutch in, turn the key, and nothing.

The car doesn't even attempt to turn over, like I was trying to start it without pushing the clutch in. I couldn't see to check fuses, but the fuel pump was priming and all that, and I couldnt even get it to turn over to check spark. I have a feeling a fuse popped or something came loose, but does anyone have any clue what I should check. I don't know if it really matters, but my clutch started slipping a little under high boost/heavy acceleration the other day, but it was still very drivable. BtW it's a 2g, 95 to be exact. Thanks in advance, and any help is appreciated because this is pissing me off majorly.

Well, I think I'm the dumbest member here. After this happened, I hadn't really messed with my talon much, since I've got a miata as my DD anyway. Today, I'm bored and off work, so I decide to go screw with the car.Well one of my little plans was to disconnect the 'clutch to start' switch, which if you read above, one of the things I said in one of my OP's was that it's "like I'm not pressing the clutch in". Well, just for kicks, I try to start it, and she turns over and fires up immediately. Turns out it was the Neutral Safety Switch [or whatever it's called on an M/T vehicle] must have been bad, because that's the only thing I did between 3 days ago when it still wouldn't budge and today when it fired right up. I got a nice little cloud of black smoke in my garage though since it's been sitting for almost 3 months now. I also figured out my 'clutch slipping' problem while under the dash. I knew that the car had the ghost pedal issue when I bought it, and was told it was due to a MC/SC hose having a tiny hole. Well, I'm loosing the brake fluid from the clutch reservoir under the dash, so I just need to repair that and bleed the system and she'll be golden once again.

Cliffs notes:
suspected bad starter, stuck car in garage and forgot about it. Disconnected 'clutch to start' switch, fired right up after 3 months of not being able to.

[Tech5]

dumbasssss

[mocha latte cupcake]

-LIFE POINTS

[JDM TYTE YO]

dumbo has just arrived

[JDM TYTE YO]

u're dumber than my girl.. thats sad..

[KPowerEP3]

bah blow me. Honestly, which of you would have thought of that? Maybe Josh, because he's a ghetto riggin specialist. My own reaction along with everyone I talked to said "oh, sounds like the starter solenoid took a dump"

[JEY$JDM]

yup.

[green91]

Thats the best way to learn and remember something!

[KPowerEP3]

Thats the best way to learn and remember something!

true story.

[AnthonyF]

make sure u dont leave ur car in gear.

[afwfjustin]

Not dumber than the E46 owner that used a sock instead of an oil cap. Do a search on google.

[KPowerEP3]

make sure u dont leave ur car in gear.

Turbo timer won't let me park in gear anyways, so that's no biggie.

[allmotoronly]

make sure u dont leave ur car in gear.

lolol x2

[AnthonyF]

Turbo timer won't let me park in gear anyways, so that's no biggie.

doesnt mean one of your dumbass friends wont stick it in gear and try and start it and the car takes off.

[KPowerEP3]

doesnt mean one of your dumbass friends wont stick it in gear and try and start it and the car takes off.

True, although I make a habit of not letting others drive my car.

[AnthonyF]

True, although I make a habit of not letting others drive my car.

good for u, nobody touches my car

[Init2winit]

Hook the switch back up, and verify that its bad. You may have some sort of loose connection and it just so happened to start working again. You don't see too many of those switches go bad.

[1SOL2NV]

doesnt mean one of your dumbass friends wont stick it in gear and try and start it and the car takes off.

i have a remote start on my m/t and i did that .... its not fun chasing your own car .. i know lol

[Got Milk?]

[greasemunkey]

Not dumber than the E46 owner that used a sock instead of an oil cap. Do a search on google.

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=311931 < had to check it out REPS!

I ****ed up bad. camshaft-oil problem
if all you are going to do is flame me, just leave the thread and thats that. I ****ed up badly the other night. The oil light came on, i got oil, put it in and accidently dropped the oil cap down below the engine. heres where i ****ed up- i temporarily plugged the uncapped oil hole with a sock and the sock got sucked into it after about 5 mins of driving. its wrapped around the cam shaft-im pretty sure thats what it is... and i need some advice on how to get it out without shelling a ****load of money out to bmw to take it in there. should i unbolt the top piece there and cut it out and then flush the whole thing with some stuff at kragen or just try to cut it out piece by piece through the hole with a sharp razor and take the pieces out with needle nose pliers and then flush it?

please any advice or help on this crap move i made would really really really help me out.

thanks to anyone who replies




Dude saw it and passed it on to 4 sites! >>> Sorry, I had to!
http://www.teckademicseast.com/forum...ad.php?t=13715
http://www.bnzsport.com/forums/index...howtopic=16475
http://ccmw.cc/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1565&highlight=
http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=127336

[khaxnguyen]

^^^ lol they're calling you dumb because you said u were the biggest dummy.. that was my plan tooo, dummy! haha but u had some good luck figuring it out! heh