99 Mustang starter prob.

Recently had the engine replaced, due to a broken piston. Upon replacement, noticed a slight smell coming from under the hood, maybe an exhaust of some sort? Anyway,started up okay, sounded like paper hitting a fan in park. Soon as i dropped it into gear, the noise stopped. Shut off engine, restarted it, same thing. Then after about 5 minutes of idling, heard a little "pop", car instantly stopped running for about a half of second, then continued to run. I shut the engine off, now I get one click when I turn the key, then nothing. Starter maybe?

I would pull the starter sometimes the bendix will stick. Look at the teeth while it is out and roll the engine over by hand.

Could be a flywheel, or the motor could have come apart internally. I wouldnt bank on the starter causing the motor to miss a beat. You can try the starter but i've got a feeling its not the starter. Good luck.

Well, I replaced the starter on it , shut it on and off a few times, checked it out. Everything was ok, drove it to work, came out of work 8 hours later, nothing. Not even a click. What the f. Like I said, I just put an engine with 66k miles in back in March. (with a year warranty on it, so that's not an issue.

Manual or automatic? Each has it's own path for starter troubleshooting.

Automatic. Its got a 6cyl 3.8 engine.I was told there might be a solenoid between the starter and the battery? Could this be my problem?

Automatic. Its got a 6cyl 3.8 engine.I was told there might be a solenoid between the starter and the battery? Could this be my problem?

Yes it "could" be, but i wouldn't bank on an intermittent problem from the solenoid.. You say you just put the motor in it.. I would check ALL of the ground straps and your main ground to the block. Have seen that cause a no start or "short" click.

Well, today I went to work on the car, and it fired right up. It would not start last night, now all of a sudden today, its okay. Next thing I noticed was that when she started, it idled super-low for about 3-4 seconds then was good to go. Also now, the trip odometer which is digital, flickers on and off. Is it electrical somewhere? Bad ground,???

Yes it "could" be, but i wouldn't bank on an intermittent problem from the solenoid.. You say you just put the motor in it.. I would check ALL of the ground straps and your main ground to the block. Have seen that cause a no start or "short" click.

Like i said, check all your grounds!

One more tidbit, could it be the after market alarm? The thing is in valet mode, and still we have the problem

One more tidbit, could it be the after market alarm? The thing is in valet mode, and still we have the problem

Remove the junk alarm...