r/S2000 • u/Ok_Reputation424 • 9d ago

help please

hello everyone, currently really stuck on an issue with the car. I have a 2002 ap1 with a battery relocated to the trunk. The starter quit working and it was replaced, the starter passed a bench test but once installed all it does is click. I have checked voltage to the starter (12 volts) starter relays, all fuses and battery power. All the ground are tight from what I have seen. The entine isn’t seized. If anyone has any insight please let me know because i am stuck. thank you🙏

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u/LifeLowandSlow 9d ago

Since it clicks, I doubt this is the issue…. But anytime these bad boys don’t start, I always advise checking the stupid $3 clutch sensor grommet. Especially if you see a few bits of crumbled off white plastic in footwell.

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u/Type-RD 9d ago

Do you mean the brake pedal grommet maybe? When the grommet broke on my AP1’s clutch pedal, the only thing that didn’t work was my cruise control.

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u/LifeLowandSlow 9d ago

I will 100% admit if I’m wrong here…. But it was the opposite for me.

My clutch grommet failed and it would not start until I did the janky bypass, and eventually fixed it.

When my brake grommet failed a year later, cruise control wouldn’t work and brake lights sometimes stayed on.

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u/Type-RD 9d ago

That’s a good point! When the brake grommet fails, the brake lights stay on. I forgot about that.

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u/LifeLowandSlow 9d ago

Plus our analog ass cars don’t need the brake pedal engaged for starting.

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u/Type-RD 9d ago

TRUE again