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[RsStanG1987]

Well I have more problems with my car not starting again. Went to wal mart the car ran fine. Went to leave no power wouldnt start. Put my booster box on it and wiggled wires it got power but when i would turn it over the power would cut and then no power until i wiggled the wires in the colum and under the hood again. Any Ideas? im getting sick of theese problems with this car and might go back to camaros but dont want to just need a car thats gonna start everyday.

 

[HISSIN50]

well what wires are you jiggling? battery cables?
i would go through and inspect, clean, replace (if need be) each power cable and ground for the battery and motor (grounds). it sounds like one of your battery cables has an intermittantly clean connection.

if wanting more info on troubleshooting starter interlock devices, check back and post asking so.

good luck.

 

[RsStanG1987]

I think the one cable may be loose that goes to the block but im not sure 100%. And I dunno what wires under the column they were. I had to leave my car up there because my garage isnt open this late to tow it. I hope my stuff doesent get ripped off such as my hood, Guages stereo valve covers. Ill be pissed but its got full coverage so i hope it gets stolen and burned at this point.

 

[HISSIN50]

ah man, i did not realize you were stranded. did you try to jump start it?

rather than me ramble, check out Joe's very nice list. i would run right down that puppy and see what makes it start (try jump starting first).

http://forums.stangnet.com/showpost.php?p=4789743&postcount=3

good luck.

 

[jerry beach]

I dont know what this garage is you speak of My car goes to the alignment shop only, otherwise repairs are performed by me .

If you are moving the battery cable terminals by hand they are loose, bad connection. Are they clean looking? Seriously, get a repair manual and read it. Even a cheap Haynes one is better than nothing. This is basic stuff to me, but I know not everyone had a dad that fixed everything. A book is a big help, read up before its broken. These stangs are no better than camaros, but 10x easier to work on. If you dont maintain it yourself, its up to you.

 

[RsStanG1987]

I dont know what this garage is you speak of My car goes to the alignment shop only, otherwise repairs are performed by me .

If you are moving the battery cable terminals by hand they are loose, bad connection. Are they clean looking? Seriously, get a repair manual and read it. Even a cheap Haynes one is better than nothing. This is basic stuff to me, but I know not everyone had a dad that fixed everything. A book is a big help, read up before its broken. These stangs are no better than camaros, but 10x easier to work on. If you dont maintain it yourself, its up to you.

They dont move by hand i know that much about cars. And the better half of the repairs on the car i do myself. The only thing i dont mess with is wiring. The garage i spoke of is the only guy i let tow my car for me everyone else sucks ass. Everything looks clean and is tight i tried jumping it with a jump box that i have incase of emergency that diddnt work. To top it off my woman came to get me and she hit a pot hole and her exauhst broke off. What a f$%king night.

 

[RsStanG1987]

Well heres the scoop.. I went up to try and get my car started all the battery cables are fine. They are all tightened down. But you can touch the wires and then the car will get power to prime the pump and what not but when you turn the key it all dies. I had the battery on jump for 20 minutes and still the same thing. The battery and the altenator are both fine i dunno what the problem could be. Im gonna check the list and see what it brings up.

 

[ponyboy302]

Could it be a bad ground? If the cable is not tightened porperly to the block that could be the bad ground. Another this is that if your cable was never attached to your block that could be bad news on your car. And ungroudned block can cause electrical current to jump to the closest ground and since the motor mounts are rubber it will probably shoot through your drive train and can damage a number of compnents.

 

[ponyboy302]

Another thing that crossed my mind was you might want to hot wire it from under the hood. You can always bypass the solenoid to your coil and then 12 volt the starter and see what happens.