It happened all so suddenly. Pulled in the drive way but when wanted to start it again I just heard clicking but no turn over. The speedo and tach needles swing back and forth while click is goes on. Cleaned both terminals to a shine with a wire brush then tried to jump it with another car but got the same clicking and no turn over. Lights do come on and do not dim when I engage the starter.

 

remove the belt and check for any seized pulleys. do not keep trying to crank it or you may ruin the starter motor

 

Seized pulley? Does that come before of the starter?

 

Sounds like your battery is on its last leg but still has just enough power to run the lights, but can no longer hold enough of a charge to engage the starter/solenoid. Your last start with it appears to be just that.

If it were me, I would try a new battery.

(You'll find many prior posts describing the weird things that happen when the battery is going dead. Yours doesn't fall out of that realm.)

 

when my battery died, all the lights worked, we tried jumping it with another car, didn't work, there's a point where a battery cant be charged with another car, AAA came checked everything and told me the battery died

 

Its your battery.

A bad battery has good voltage but has low amperage. That's why low amp accessories like the lights and radio work, but high load starter only click s and what not.

Voltage is like gas in the tank, amperage is how much horse power the engine has.

 

I have jumped it 3 ways

1. An older battery that was out of another car and was under trickle charge. I am sure it had full charge.
2. A brand new Die Hard battery that I just bought. Used it to jump but didn't actually put it in.
3. Another car running.

Is it still the battery?

 

Are the battery terminals clean and tight? Corroded or loose battery terminals can cause the same issues.

You may want to try gently massaging the starter motor with a hammer. The carbon brushes could be worn out or possibly the commutator.

 

Yes it is the battery, you must take the old one out and put the new one in. Jumping a non-functioning battery well not work, not sure why but it wont.

 

I too tend to suspect the terminals. I connected a battery charger to the battery that is in the car but the needle did not move at all which tells me there is a bad connection somewhere. What baffles me is that I cleaned them pretty good. Where else do they make contact.?