Q: i need a suggestion for what to try next
my alarm keeps going off when i plug in the battery. I press the reset button and it goes off but my car still wont start I dont know if i should take it to a mechanic that fixes the parts or an electric kind of mechanic that fixes the wiring i just replaced the battery to make sure that wasn't it. It doesn't even attempt to click or anything. the electric stuff turns on like the dash and lights windows work but nothing else happens. The little red light to the alarm turns off when i push the button i just replaced the clutch master and salve cynlinder because that was the original issue I don't know what else to do
My car has a manual transmission.
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