starter wiring

[falsesaint]

allright now im having some problems with the wiring on my starter motor. I believe the battery is dead so i tried to jump start it and it turned over but very slowly and the battery post started to melt. I've had this problem before and it was a burned up ground wire . To tell a little about the engine- its rebuilt and I had it running before winter and it sat all through winter ,so about 3 months .could the oil have settled and just needs to be turned a couple of times to get thoroughout the engine. or what cause its starting to piss me off.

[wrightz28]

Are you sure you didn't cross the jumper wires? That's about the only way you're gonna melt a battery terminal other than sitting there in "start" for like 5 minutes straight.