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?
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Yes the new starter came with a new solenoid as well. We did try to turn the engine over by hand to no avail.. This was my Dads assesment as well that some how the the Engine or Flywheel is locked . What would have caused it to lock? The car has never overheated and is good on oil. Its weird it started and I went to the store and came out of store and nothing...wont turn over at all... Thanx for all the advice thus far!
Unfortunately, now the troubleshooting gets dicey. First, you need to find out if your transmission will disengage from the engine flywheel. If you put it in neutral can you roll it back and forth - at least a foot? If you can then it isn't the transmission. If you can't, then for some reason your transmission is not releasing from the flywheel.
Think back over the last couple weeks to a month, have you heard any weird sounds, or operation problems?
You are welcome, just trying to help.
I am able to move the car in neutral and when I try to start the car I do not see any dimming of the lights. The only thing I know it was doing was making a squealing sound from the serpentine belt. We checked the belt and it was good. My assesment was maybe a bad pulley or maybe waterpump going bad. Could any of those cause the motor to lock? Or if the belt was too tight maybe?
Good news about the transmission. When you tried to turn the motor, was the serpentine belt in place? You might want to take that off, and then try to turn the engine by hand. It probably won't but we are ruling out the water pump, AC compressor, pulleys out by checking it. If any of them are completely locked up and the serpentine belt is good, then it could have locked the engine and kept you from turning it by hand. But not likely! You might also want to jack up the car and take a look at the metal shield that attaches to the bell housing to make sure that it wasn't damaged in some way.
I am going to try out all the things you outlined and I will report back! Thanks again!
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Im having tha same issue im just getting a click found ive done crank shaft sensor coil pack ing mogal an a tune up help me please
It could be a bag ground connection...check the ground cable on the engine block, make sure the battery ends are tight...
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