my battery wont ground!!?!

[Stubby]

Could be the starter or the solenoid. You never said what you thought fixed it. The starter could have a bad spot on the comutator and that would cause intermitent problems.

I would turn the lights on and see if they are bright.
If not I would check all connections again.
If they are bright I would try the starter and see if the lights go real dim.
If they do I would suspect the battery or starter.
If they don't I would suspect the cables, connections, solenoid.
Does it do the same thing if you jump it across on the solenoid?
I might even pull the starter appart and inspect it. If you do the brushes can be difficult to get back in.

 

[Anonymous]

What i think it was that fixed it was there is a firewall ground and i found out it was disconnected. I connected it it turned over about 10x then back to the same problem. Got the battery checked it is good tried the thing with the lights they don't go dim but the interior one's do i better go sand the starter connections down again. thanks for the help and i'll keep ya updated.


- JOn :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

Try bypassing the starter solenoid altogether and see if the starter turns over. Just hook up one side of a jumper cable to the positive post on the battery and the other end to post on the solenoid that goes to the starter. If the starter turns over you can eliminate the ground, battery and starter as your problem. If the starter does turn over turn your ignition key to the run position and try it again and see if the car will startup and run. If the car won't run when you do this maybe you got a bad ignition switch. Normally when I do this I don't actually connect the cable to the solenoid post I just bump it against it.

 

[Anonymous]

oh ok thanks i'll try that!!! while i have been waiting on this i have puc it some new floors and am doing some body work in about 15min... thanks again 8)