Car won't crank after replacing cables - Starter could be dead
08-10-2003, 12:49 PM
#1
Drifting
Thread Starter
Car won't crank after replacing cables - Starter could be dead
Hi all -
I spent many hours installing the Iceshark cables and headlight harness and when it was time to start the car, the starter didn't make a peep. I did hear the "mmm" noise from the starter area, however.
I took the starter to Autozone and found out that the stud where the Pos+ cables attach to was loose and if moved a certain way, prevents current from getting to the starter. I tried to then locknut the positive stud on the starter in the proper position, but that didn't work either - guess that stud and the inner connections are really whacked.
So does anyone know if I can buy just the solenoid (?) part of the starter where where the positive stud is attached?
Also, here were my voltage readings with car off:
-Battery: 12.45 volts
-Starter pos+ stud: 12.45 volts
-Starter exciter wire stud: 0 volts
That should be enough to start a car, right?
I even tested for continuity of all the cables and wires, so that
should be o.k.
Iceshark - I didn't have time to install the supplemental positive so I just bolted all the small positive wires to the eye terminal of the fuse. That should be ok, right?
I spent many hours installing the Iceshark cables and headlight harness and when it was time to start the car, the starter didn't make a peep. I did hear the "mmm" noise from the starter area, however.
I took the starter to Autozone and found out that the stud where the Pos+ cables attach to was loose and if moved a certain way, prevents current from getting to the starter. I tried to then locknut the positive stud on the starter in the proper position, but that didn't work either - guess that stud and the inner connections are really whacked.
So does anyone know if I can buy just the solenoid (?) part of the starter where where the positive stud is attached?
Also, here were my voltage readings with car off:
-Battery: 12.45 volts
-Starter pos+ stud: 12.45 volts
-Starter exciter wire stud: 0 volts
That should be enough to start a car, right?
I even tested for continuity of all the cables and wires, so that
should be o.k.
Iceshark - I didn't have time to install the supplemental positive so I just bolted all the small positive wires to the eye terminal of the fuse. That should be ok, right?
08-10-2003, 03:39 PM
#3
Nordschleife Master
Simpson, yes to what you have done to all those little positive wires off battery, you are just fine the way you did it.
There are a LOT of the old starter solenoids going bad with loose studs. As iloveporsches noted, I think I can get them with the shipping for about $30, I can check tomorrow morning if you would like and get one dropped shipped out to you pronto. Which address do you want me to have it shipped to?
There are a LOT of the old starter solenoids going bad with loose studs. As iloveporsches noted, I think I can get them with the shipping for about $30, I can check tomorrow morning if you would like and get one dropped shipped out to you pronto. Which address do you want me to have it shipped to?
