Starter Problem...HELP!

[BADBOY]

I'll give it to ya Kevin, your no artist alright. LOL

Good job on the pic though!

[black93svt]

Thanks Kev. On all my other Mustangs the post closest to the interior of the car has had the positive cable and all the other power sources on it. In the drawing it looks exactly opposite. Damn, I wish I still had the other car to compare it to. I worked on it all day today and still can't get the starter to engage. I thinking more and more that this alarm in it is my problem.

[1993cobra]

I dont really think it will matter which side of solenoid you use , because all the solenoid does is connect the two terminals internally, just like a switch. Also even if you have an alarm you should be able to make the engine turn over from under the hood with a screwdriver as I said above. Just touch the small terminal to the large terminal on the battery cable side of the solenoid. Then it should turn over or at least click. try that and let me know.

[black93svt]

It clicks but that's it. Even when I do the screwdriver trick. I'm just lost with this one.

[rufus]

Black93svt -

Have you tried checking the current draw from the positive battery cable to the starter while someone turns the key? It's better to test with an inductive tester, but you can also get an idea by turning the headlights on and see if they dim when trying to crank. This (low current/dim lights) indicate there's extra resistance somwhere in that circuit. i.e. corroded connection, broken wires in cable, etc.

Hang in there, you'll get it figured out! Please keep us updated what you find.......

Best Regards,
Bob S.

[BADBOY]

Black93svt -

Have you tried checking the current draw from the positive battery cable to the starter while someone turns the key? It's better to test with an inductive tester, but you can also get an idea by turning the headlights on and see if they dim when trying to crank. This (low current/dim lights) indicate there's extra resistance somwhere in that circuit. i.e. corroded connection, broken wires in cable, etc.

Hang in there, you'll get it figured out! Please keep us updated what you find.......

Best Regards,
Bob S.

He doesnt need a second person, just lay a screw driver across the solenoid.

He can watch as he does it himself.

Just a thought.

[black93svt]

Yep, I have tried everything. There is no draw on the thing at all. When the solenoid clicks the lights don't go dim.

Thanks for the suggestion though!

[BADBOY]

The solenoid could be bad too.

[1993cobra]

One last thing to help. Try the solenoid along with the positive battery cable off your other car, just to eleminate that. you already checked the starter so the only thing left would be the cable from the starter to the solenoid. As long as the battery is fully charged it will have to start.

[black93svt]

It's at a shop now. I took the starter, solenoid, cables everything out my my 92 GT which I know works. Solenoid just clicked again. So after 2 weeks of fighting it I gave up. I'll let everyone know what the problem was once it's fixed.

Thanks for all the suggestions!