66 289 Not Starting

[JohnPendroy]

I just bought a replacement starter from Schucks (Kragen/Checkers) and I bought a wall mounted solenoid and the cable from the solenoid to the starter is new, the cables from battery to solenoid and chassis ground are also newish...the battery is dead...

When I try to start her up, I get a click and then something that sounds like a wrrr...the motor spins by hand, the starter is totally engaged to the bell-housing...

I pulled up another car and tried both to jump it using the posi to posi and the neg to a good ground and then the neg to the neg...still same result...I then removed the battery and then connected the positive and negative cables to the posi and neg studs on the other cars battery...still same result...

I am in the process of removing every ground and brushing it until I see shiny metal underneath everything that connects...after that I can only see going to get another starter and or a solenoid...

My question is...is there something that is so blatenly(sp) obvious that I am not seeing? Is there any Stang guys near Bremerton (Seabeck) that could come out and see what is wrong and then smack me on the back of my head?

Thanks in advance...

~John

 

[Rusty67]

Could be an ignition switch problem. Recharge your battery and then put it all back together. Put the key in the run possition and then use the soliniod trick to start the car directly instead of using the key to try and crank the motor.

 

[gtss]

Is the whirring sound coming from the starter?

It sounds to me like the starter is spinning but not engaging with the ring gear. when you replaced the starter, did you inspect the teeth on the ring gear

or it could simply be a bad starter, rotates but does not engage the drive gear with the ring gear.

new/rebuilt unfortunately doesn't always mean "good"
gtss

 

[D.Hearne]

The solenoid stuck due to the low battery voltage. That's a common thing happens all the time with a near dead battery. Whack it a couple times then recharge the battery and try it again.

 

[JohnPendroy]

Well...it definetly was the case of a dead battery...after I changed it out with another, it turned over...so then I started trouble-shooting why it wouldn't fire...got fuel, compression...no spark...plugs looked good, cap looked good, rotor as well, did the screw-driver on the solenoid trick with the dist cap off and what do I see...no little sparks while it turns around, so I clean the grit and goo outa the distributor...then I start the start the car and whammo!!! She fires, needed a little idle speed adjustment and then she was fine...so fine that I did this...

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Have a nice day!