No power to starter

DABEARZ

DABEARZ

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I just got my motor put in and everything hooked up but I can not get any power to the starter won't even click I need all the help I can get. Idk if my starter is hooked up wrong or something
 
Need to tell us what you're working on, with additional pertinent information such as was it working when you took the engine out etc. Posting a picture of the starter connections would also be helpful.
 
The starter is your first electrical junction downstream from the power source. So, first question...have you verified that your battery is fully charged, cables properly connected, and terminals/clamps are corrosion free? How much voltage is showing on the meter that I'm stupidly assuming you have at your disposal when you probe across the batt terms? Now take that same possibly non-existant meter and take a reading at the large lug of the starter solenoid. Should be nearly identical to what you saw or didn't see at the battery...as in 12.x volts. Much below 12 either place and you're not going to have sufficient poop to crank the motor. Now, it is certainly possible to have perfect voltage available at the solenoid and still not be able to engage the starter motor. It has to be triggered via the ignition switch, or by jumping the 's' terminal to the large lug with a screwdriver-type instrument, taking all necessary safety precautions to avoid potential injury and property damage. We're not there, so we have no earthly idea how you hooked it up. A picture would be worth a million words. Does this rig have an auto trans?
 
Maybe we ought to make a rule that when someone asks for help then doesn't respond when people offer it, they get banned from posting for 6 months!
 
bruce a. Frank said:
maybe we ought to make a rule that when someone asks for help then doesn't respond when people offer it, they get banned from posting for 6 months!
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Well with the internet that is just the way it is. You get a cross section of society and have to take the good with the bad. It does rub one the wrong way and they need to remember the ones who have burned their bridges. Simply offer them silence when they post a question again.

Good manners are becoming hard to come by.. :out:
 
Perhaps he fell into a krev-ass whilst scaling kilimanjaro and was thus unable to reply in a timely fashion. It happens.
 
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