Kazumafalcon 110 just bought used has new battery .engine turned over afew times then nothing but a strong clicking sound from solenoid.i sure battery is charged. no head lights or tail lites. horn and shift indicator are lit. what do you think? kazuma falcon 110 quad not in your lists.

CLicking is usually a sign of low battery voltage. When the solenoid clicks on , the starter is added to the battery load. The voltage drops to below what will hold the solenoid and it disconnects the starter. No starter in the circuit raises the voltage enough to click on the solenoid and the cycle repeats. If you have a red jumper cable, jump the battery positive (+) to the big bolt on the side of the starter motor with a heavy duty red wire on it.
If the engine does not turn over, you have a battery isue.

If you get a clicking sound, that means the solenoid is working. Check all connections for corrosion and clean if necessary. Did you check the engine to frame ground wire? If all connections are good and solenoid clicks then the starter is more than likely bad. Did you do a load test on the new battery. It is possible to get a battery that is bad due to excess lead dropping into the battery case when being made.

I think you have a couple of problems going on here. First a solenoid would not cause the engine to lose power until it dies. This problem will probably be an alternator going bad, bad battery, or bad battery connections (check ground wires on engine, body, and battery then check positive wires on battery and to power distribution block). These related issues can be the root cause to solve the starting issue, which I will discuss now.
I recently repaired a 94 F-150 that would not even click when trying to start it. It was the push on connector to the solenoid on passenger inner fender well. I have also seen where this solenoid loses its ground (corrosion between screws and fender well). The 94 had two solenoids, one on the fender and one on the starter. To see if the solenoid valve is good, you can use a jumper wire from the hot side of the solenoid to the small terminal stud. If it clicks it should be okay and the ground okay. Be sure to have the vehicle in park or neutral with the parking brake on before doing this, because you are bypassing safeties.

Hi, sounds like you are getting insuficiant power getting to the starter, assuming you have checked the engine turns over freely and is not seized, the switch circuit you have proved is working (as the clicking noise at the solenoide indicates this) as the solenoide switches the battery power to the starter motor, i ask myself if either the battery is suffiantly charged, or the leads from the battery to the solenoide/starter motor and earth leads are making good contact,
At the solenoide join together the both leads bypassing the solenoide using a pair of insulated pliers and the engine should turn over if the battery contains 12-14 volts, this can be done either with the ignition switch in the on/off position when ignition is off the engine will turn but will not start

Did you also change the starter solenoid when you changed the starter? That is a possible cause.

Can you turn the engine over by hand from the crankshaft pulley to make sure the engine is not frozen or blocked? You will need a large socket to do that, but if you can't turn the engine over by hand, the starter won't be able to turn the flywheel either. The one click is probably the solenoid firing the starter piston to the flywheel but then nothing makes me think the engine is frozen in some way.

But if the starter and solenoid and battery is trying to turn a frozen flywheel, you should notice some drawdown of light intensity. Do you notice any change?

You should have your battery tested & make sure that the terminals are cleaned & well protected wth grease once charged fully. Since you crossed/jumped the solenoid & didn't get it to start until jumping the battery (providing extra voltage), that rules out the solenoid and the ignition switch. Sometimes a battery will test full without a load but will not provide the voltage to the solenoid to actually complete the circuit, thus the clicking sound. If the battery is strong, and the starter bad, the solenoid will click solidly once, passing full voltage to the starter that will either turn,hum, or do nothing. good luck

The click you heard was probably the sound of the main fuse popping. To locate it, just follow the positive cable from the battery to the starter solenoid. There is where you will find the main fuse ( usually a 30 amp fuse. Make sure your battery is connected properly.

an easy way too see if its the battery is to turn the headlights on, and try to start it, if the lights dim the battery is to low, if the battery checks ok, then it sounds like the starter solenoid located on the starter it self, a new starter and solenoid should be around $100 and take about 30 min. to install

the clicking sound is the starter solenoid. if the solenoid is defective, the car would not turn.

the contacts of the solenoids are already worn out.

either replace just the solenoid or the whole starter.



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if you notice this van should have a statrer solenoid on the fender as well as on the starter, clean the body of the solenoid on the fender area and make sure that the ground cable is secure and tight do not wiggle which is just making it loose if it is so go under the vehicle and make sure that the cable is tight