Disconnected battery cable and reconnected, now starter wont engage Options

[ericoneal]

I disconected the positive (and neg) cables. Reconnected, and now the car wont start. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) The dash lights and fuel pump come on, headlights are bright, battery is fully charged, but no click or anything. I checked all of the fuses under the steering wheel and 3 of them on the firewall by the battery and all are good.
Are there other fuses that I am missing? SHe has always fired up, really frustrated....

[Cupomeat]

Turn the headlights on, then try to start the car. If they also go out, you are dealing with either:
1. Dirty connections (Which the cleaning would fix)
or
2. Dead battery (could need charging or replacement).

You saying the lights go out is a telltale sign that the voltage drops significantly when you try to start it.

Do the cleaning and try again.

I hope this helps.

[TheCabinetmaker]

Turn the headlights on, then try to start the car. If they also go out, you are dealing with either:
1. Dirty connections (Which the cleaning would fix)
or
2. Dead battery (could need charging or replacement).

You saying the lights go out is a telltale sign that the voltage drops significantly when you try to start it.

Do the cleaning and try again.

I hope this helps.

This was my first thought as well. My second thought was, All the accessories and lights, always go out when turning the key to the start position. I think its built that way. Easy to check voltage on battery.

[ericoneal]

OK. Just checked again. Put the battery from my Toyota in it, and nothing. Red and Green dash lights come on, fuel pump comes on, when I turn the key, red and green lights stay on, nothing happens. No click from the starter..
Should the small red wire in this picture: starter

be hot when the key is on? It is not, but the large on is.

[Mike Bellis]

OK. Just checked again. Put the battery from my Toyota in it, and nothing. Red and Green dash lights come on, fuel pump comes on, when I turn the key, red and green lights stay on, nothing happens. No click from the starter..
Should the small red wire in this picture: starter

be hot when the key is on? It is not, but the large on is.

In that picture, the red wire is the starter crank wire. Notice it is connected to the yellow crank wire. Only hot while cranking. Do you have the same solenoid? If so try to connect the red wire (spade terminal) directly to the started spade terminal.

Does this work?

Do you have the seatbelt interlock relay under the passenger seat? The started wire is interrupted if the seatbelts are not engaged. This relay tends to go bad. If you have it, jumper the yellow and yellow/red wire together.

Does this work?

[ericoneal]

"In that picture, the red wire is the starter crank wire. Notice it is connected to the yellow crank wire. Only hot while cranking. Do you have the same solenoid? If so try to connect the red wire (spade terminal) directly to the started spade terminal.
"

The picture in the link is actually my car. I'm a bit confused about what you are asking, but will try to understand. The small red wire is hot only when cranking. The fat red wire from the battery to the starter is always hot. I do not have a yellow wire, but there are yellow plastic connectors. Are you saying to connect the small red wire to the same terminal as the large fat battery wire?

Thanks everyone for the help so far. If I cant get this started by Saturday, she's getting towed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

So this is what I know:

Battery is good
dash lights, fuel pump come on
Large wire to starter is hot
Small wire to little black box on starter is hot when cranking
other small brown wire on black box is always hot
all fuses that I can find are good.

maybe i need to beat the starter with a hammer? I tapped it with a socket wrench a bit, but probably could use more.