KuruptedWS6

car has been sitting for around 2-3 months, the ac delco battery was dead and a few years old, replaced it with new battery and car still wont start, wont crank, nothing, dead silent. checked some of the fuses and look ok to me. not sure what to look for if they were bad though. its a 2001 trans am. anything else i should be looking at?

thanks for any help.

lvbroham1

clean the vat device in your key. Or, check battery cables for corrosion. Could be that it was sitting for so long the cables corroded.

lvbroham1

sorry, I thought it said 2-3 years. Cables shouldn't be corroded that soon. Start with the vats.

LS1vazquez

Check your relays, the big grey box looking things in your fuse box. Start swapping them around.

You might have accidentally blown the starter relay when the battery went dead.

KuruptedWS6

thanks for the tips, i will check the relays tomorrow and update the thread, thanks!

KuruptedWS6

tried new relays today and still nothing.

lt1pwr1

iTrader: (1)

Have you checked for power at the starter when you turn the key to start? If you don't have power there I would check the neutral safety switch or clutch safety switch (if manual trans). If you don't have power to those you could have an issue with your ignition switch.

bigj2717

iTrader: (15)

Does the security light come on? If so its a problem with the VATS and you can just bypass it to get it to start
http://shbox.com/1/vats_bypass.jpg

KuruptedWS6

its an auto, after listening closely i can hear 2 light ticks when i turn the key.

the security light does not light up.

KuruptedWS6

ok, so yesterday morning i opened the hood to find a possum sitting on the engine, how it crawled up in there i have no idea, but after looking around i found this disconnected,, couldn't find where this hooked up to, not sure if this is why the car wont start but im sure it could help

Taken4granted

check the surrounding areas if any wires are chewed

lt1pwr1

iTrader: (1)

Haha that was gonna be my next guess because it happened to me before. Always put moth ***** around the car and in the engine bay if it is going to sit. It will keep the critters away. Mine only sat for 2.5 weeks and it was in a garage and I had wires chewed up. That can be a very big headache for you unfortunately. Best of luck.

KuruptedWS6

more pics, i dont think roddents chewed these, doesnt look like it anyway. wtf

Taken4granted

is that your AIR system?

KuruptedWS6

its the bigger hose thats runs along the driver side of the car, better pic here



and on the passenger side here.

Taken4granted

the big one that comes from the driver headlight and runs along the driver fender to the back of the motor is the AIR tube. it looks like it was removed. in that case you should have block off plates on your exhaust. the one on your passenger side connects to your intake manifold, right below and slightly to the left( I can see where it connects upper right hand corner behind the TB cable but in front of the coolent line)

looking at the picture

KuruptedWS6

here?

Taken4granted

yes right there

KuruptedWS6

thanks, any idea about this one?