Car gets no Juice

[EngineandJuice]

Hey I have a 89 with a 350 and I'm getting nothing at all. The battery is good and that's where it stops. Last sunday I tried to start it and got clicking and lights flickering as if i had a loose battery terminal. Second attempt to start it fired right up. Today I tried to start got nothing. I never checked the terminals so i tightened them down tried again nothing. I have no lights, no ignition noise, no noise as if the starter is trying to turn nothing. Everything is dead.

I have no clue what the problem is my friend checked to see if there were any loose or disconnected wires everything is fine.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by EngineandJuice

Hey I have a 89 with a 350 and I'm getting nothing at all. The battery is good and that's where it stops. Last sunday I tried to start it and got clicking and lights flickering as if i had a loose battery terminal. Second attempt to start it fired right up. Today I tried to start got nothing. I never checked the terminals so i tightened them down tried again nothing. I have no lights, no ignition noise, no noise as if the starter is trying to turn nothing. Everything is dead.

I have no clue what the problem is my friend checked to see if there were any loose or disconnected wires everything is fine.

with a voltmeter and a helper turning the ignition on to crank find out where the voltage drops. could be wires at starter or a defective battery/corroded cables to it.

[Blue Bowtie]

Check the wiring at the starter. An '89 probably still has 2 or maybe 4 fusible links connected to the main battery terminal at the starter. Any connection problems there can cause those symptoms.

[EngineandJuice]

Originally Posted by j cAT

with a voltmeter and a helper turning the ignition on to crank find out where the voltage drops. could be wires at starter or a defective battery/corroded cables to it.

Well finally got around to doing this and I get 12.4v at the battery and 0.05 ??? at the starter is this right?

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by EngineandJuice

Well finally got around to doing this and I get 12.4v at the battery and 0.05 ??? at the starter is this right?

the wire to the starter should conduct the full battery power. these wires have fuses in them. these are wire fuses that over time corrode [turn green] they are cylinder shaped check by probing the wire on each side to see if these are open/high resistance/voltage dropping ...

[EngineandJuice]

So not having the time or the patience to attack this problem I took it to the shop. The problem was the ground wires. The guy ran a new ground wire from the battery to the engine and ran a secondary ground wire also no problems after that and it only set me back $114 which I would've happily paid if I had known I would be without a car for 3 weeks.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by EngineandJuice

So not having the time or the patience to attack this problem I took it to the shop. The problem was the ground wires. The guy ran a new ground wire from the battery to the engine and ran a secondary ground wire also no problems after that and it only set me back $114 which I would've happily paid if I had known I would be without a car for 3 weeks.

this is not a complicated circuit to find the problem . you did the correct action to have a shop repair this for you. 100.oo is a good deal..

remember you need a good ground ..many irnore the ground connections or wiring..just probe the positive feed wires..this can trick you.