lilmike81888

i have a 1990 300zx non turbo and i pulled out the air box and put a stillen cat back exhaust on but no it just makes a wierd clicking noise then nothing when i try to start it could it be the solenoid?

lilmike81888

oh and the dash lights flicker when i keep the key turned trying to start it

ZLover4Life

The battery is dead.

evandubya

zlover is correct.

lilmike81888

the battery is not dead its on a charger lol

ZLover4Life

Then your charger isn't working or you have corroded battery terminals. But the bottom line is that your car is not getting the voltage it needs for the starter to kick in. The clicking is a tell-tale symptom. Trust us, there is nothing else it can be other than the battery or its connections.

lilmike81888

the terminals are not corroded and the battery has planty of power im not that stupid it makes 1 click then doesnt do it again even if i try turning it over again

hoov100

Then try some of the other suggestions. Voltage doesn't mean **** when you need a couple hundred amps to start a car. There is also a huge section for this sort of thing in the FSM as well.

Mrmoose

It's true hoov is right, I've had plenty of batteries read out to 12v+ and had no cranking amps. Get a new battery, or try switching batts between cars and see if it starts, sometimes jumping it is not enough...

ZLover4Life

Since you were underneath the car ****ing with the exhaust system, check the starter's connection. Since the positive wire from the battery leads directly to it, and you were playing around near it, it's possible that you bumped it loose (or that, if it was corroded, you broke some of the connection, etc). Hell, it could be shorting against your exhaust, even. (Even if you left the cats on while you installed the cat-back, there was undeniably some motion in the exhaust system near the starter.)

lilmike81888

thanx i guess i am the retard it wouldnt get jumped and it was the battery got a deka so it doesnt happen again.....

ZLover4Life

That'll teach you to doubt me.

domsgarage

Its posts like this that make me an avid reader of Zdriver

Mangrum1184

IM having the exact Same Issue with my 90 300Zx Na. Everytime i attempt to start it on some days it will just click and shut down. Once the click happens I Wiggle the NEgative battery Terminal and the Dash lights back up and everything. Just bought brand Battery and Terminals and it happened again.

Mangrum1184

To add to that. The Wiring on the Z32 is extremly Annoying! Everytime to move the Negattive Ground to get the Dash to light back up and attempt to turn over. I have to move the Ground away from the ENgine cause one day i was under the 300 and told my buddy to start it and I seen Sparks by the Firewall kinda.