wont start

[jdmkilla26]

autozone will checked for free so hurry up!!!!

[crazyychriss123]

update

stopped raining

my neighbor (who knows a lot about engines) came over, looked at the car for a min and was able to start it with a screw driver. he touched the bolt on the starter and the little cable above the bolt to start it right up. it did spark a bit, but it's better than pushing the car (especially if i'm by myself).

he told me it is probably a starter relay? he also said that the starter wasn't getting any power, so that's why he said it was the relay. he told me to only start it that way to get me to the shop, or if there is an emergency, because it does make a spark.

so now. my question is, where is the starter relay? i'll put some effort in to looking it up, but i have no idea what a relay does or what it looks like.

on a side note: while i was cleaning the connections, i decided for the heck of it look at my spark plugs. i discovered A LOT of oil on 3/4 of the plugs. so i took all the plugs out, wiped them down as best as i could and wiped the housing for the plugs as best as i could. so i may be needing new gaskets as well. so i'm glad i checked.

[oyajicool]

Good thing that you didn't take out the starter motor for nothing as others are so adamantly suggesting.

Now look for safety cut out switch located on clutch pedal, not where you press but above it. There are couple of threads talks about that switch on this forum.

I do not know exact location of starter relay on Accords. I would say it must be somewhere near steering column because my old Civic had it there.

[deevergote]

Better to err on the side of caution... but hey, whatever. I'll let you handle this one from here on out, oyajicool. I'm clearly an idiot.

[crazyychriss123]

lmao, thanks for the support and feedback from everyone. i've located the starter relay, now i just need to look up prices.

and are you talking about the clutch switch? that is almost identical to the brake switch?

[oyajicool]

Clutch switch is similar to brake switch I think. I do not remember how it looked. This clutch switch gets power from #9 fuse on dash f/b. So, make sure this fuse is not blown first.
Power goes from this fuse to clutch switch then goes to starter relay terminal #2, through coil, comes out from relay terminal #4 and goes to ground (?). I put there a (?) because the Haynes wiring diagram says it goes to "engine mount control unit". I haven't spent enough time to locate this unit on the wiring diagram.
Relay terminal #3 gets power from ignition switch. Then the power goes contacts inside the relay the comes out of terminal #1 which supplies power to starter solenoid.

You can test starter relay by applying battery voltage to terminal #2 and grounding #4. Then see if there's continuity between terminals #1 and #3.

Clutch switch contacts should be closed when clutch pedal is depressed.

[oyajicool]

Better to err on the side of caution... but hey, whatever. I'll let you handle this one from here on out, oyajicool. I'm clearly an idiot.

Safety procedures had been included in steps I outlined, IMHO. I really did not see any benefit on removing the starter motor without testing it at that stage of troubleshooting.
If the OP expressed his mechanical aptitude any better than he did in his first post, I would have suggested using a multi-meter for troubleshooting.