Dead battery?, Or starter problem? Options

[Queenie]

My car won't start. When I turn the key it makes a very loud clicking noise, and I can hear the fuel pump running, but it doesn't turn over or even pretend like it's going to.

My first thought is that the battery is dead, and that will be the first thing I try to fix, but could there be a starter problem?

No one's available to jump it right now, so I can't really do anything to solve it at the moment.

[Queenie]

Well, "I" don't have a voltmeter, so I had to make do with what I had ... which ain't much aside from common sense.

I rode the bike over to Sears last night and got a new battery, since there was no way of knowing exactly how old mine was. It was supposed to be new-ish when I bought the car, but who knows? It's not an expensive thing to replace, and mine was obviously dead so I bought a new one.

And then I did what all good girls do when they're in a fix: I called my mother.

So, bright and early this morning, my mother and I installed a new battery in my 914. It started right up and seems to be running fine now.