I think what Pat (hillbillyinohio) & Mike (MCas86) was trying to get to way back in the beginning was the contacts both at the battery and at the starter. If the terminals on the starter are corroded, you can get the same effect.

My take on the original post is that the starter is engaging, but does not have enough umph to spin the motor over. You do have to check all of the main things, but you also need the motor to spin to start it.

 

Update:

Seems the car will not start during/after it has rained.
When it has been sunny out for a few hours, it starts no problem.

I'm thinking it is a wire or something else getting wet.

Suggestions?

 

Please clarify.

By "not start" do you mean that it won't turn over or the starter just clicks (ie. crankshaft does not rotate)? Or do you mean that the motor turns over, but will not fire (spark or fuel problem)?

From your first post, I was under the impression that it simply wouldn't turn over.

 

thats the impression I got... why I said fuel pump. lol... hmm...could be wiring that has gone bad or gets wet.

 

The key turns, and it goes through the motion as if everything is turning, but you never get that last big rev before the engine finally starts.

 

my blazer did the same thing for a while. I finally replaced cap and rotor. that took care of it permantly. I would look into that. it would crank for ever and ever, and just not fire.

 

Cap, rotor, plugs and wires were replaced less than 3 months ago.

 

mine was replaced about 6 months proior to this. so it took me a while to look at that. who knows, worked for my truck.

 

Took it to a shop.

Turned out it was the coil.

 

Not completely true because mine was having problems starting because I did not properly crimp the wires when I swapped out my transmission which caused a bad connection which drained some of the power when I was trying to start. Jimmy rigged but hey once I crimped the wires right it worked like a charm.