96 Gt Won't Turn Over.

I tried a search but I'm doing this on an old iPhone on a slow connection. So I don't have enough patience. So hopefully this problem hasn't been solved a thousand times on here.

So it's a 96 GT 5-spd. I just drove it 1100 miles to Sheppard AFB for a TDY and the car made it fine. Today I drove it to the gas station on base. Filled up. Then when I went to start it again, it turned over twice then just stopped. Still had power to all accessories. Kept trying and still...nothing. The gas pump is working fine.

Pushed the car to a parking space and checked the battery. Positive terminal was corroded and negative was loose. Tightened negative. Didn't have a brush so I just disconnected the positive and cleaned it best I could with my fingers. Hooked it back up. Still nothing. Wouldn't turn over. Sat and cussed for about 5 minutes and tried again and suddenly it started as normal.

So I drove back to my billeting building. And parked. Started the car repeatedly about 5 times with no issues. Just a while ago I went out to check again and...no go. Turned over twice and stopped again like the first time it happened. Tried repeatedly. Won't turn over. Waited a half hour. Still nothing. It won't turn over at all.

Even though the accessories get power I think it's the battery. It's 5 years old and has been kept outside through two cold Utah winters. But I'm worried it might be the starter. Thoughts?

Well I just walked to autozone for the new battery. So far so good. Seems to have fixed it. I'll start her up periodically to make sure. Holy balls batteries got expensive. My last one five years ago was 90 for a motorcraft. The one before that was 65. This one was 110!

So this problem got weird. It died again yesterday and today. But I figured out that pressing in the gas pedal while turning the key...it turns over and starts right up. Is there a connection between throttle position and the ability for the engine to turn over? This is strange.

Bump.

Ok scratch that last post. Total coincidence. But now the car has completely stopped turning over 100% of the time. I just spent 2 hours pulling the starter out. Took it to autozone for a bench test. Starter and solenoid both tested good. So the battery is new and the starter and solenoid are both good. I'm thinking about pulling the positive battery cable out next to check it unless anyone has a better idea of what to attack next. Thoughts? Because the next time I murder myself in this Texas heat pulling out a part for nothing, I'm pretty much gonna destroy the universe. I'm off to put this starter back on. So someone help me out....if you value the universe.