Holden VE not starting!!!

[Sultan]

Hello guys, I own a Holden and
I went to start the car because it has been sitting for a while now,and when I
Try turning it on the lights everything
Come on the battery fine, when I put the key in and start it, it starts ticking several times and refuses to start could anyone help me, I’m thinks it’s the starter motor, but don’t know

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[Ty]

Try wrapping on the starter with something solid while someone is trying to start it.

[Sultan]

Yea ok I’ll try

[Craig]

I’ve had a problem like that and it was caused by the negative battery terminal being loose and corroded. It had enough of a connection to power the accessories, but when I turned the key to “start” all I got was dead battery symptoms.

Speaking of which, is your battery fully charged?

[Sultan]

Yea the batter is fully charged and I tried that tapping thing still didn’t work, you can still hear ticking in the starter motor

[Sultan]

I even tried connecting jumpstarters to another car onto the Holden, still hear the ticking

[Craig]

What was the manner in how it was last shut down? Did you turn it off as normal or did it quit on you?

[Sultan]

Well it used to turn on, then I went overseas left it for a few months sitting came back and it didn’t turn on

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