starting help

[mustang429]

a friend has 2000 gt wont start starters good but wont start the car just cliks any ideas what it could be

[Jake]

try jumping it or putting a good battery in it.

[mustang429]

new battery and still wont start

[Blackout]

check the EEC fuse

[03z06vette]

Try turning the engine over manually.......

One click is 99% of the time a bad connection, multiple clicks is low voltage...

[sean]

Is it a bunch of rapid clicks or just one and done? If its just one and done does it still have lights and power or is the car dead?

[Black Horse]

How do you know the starter is good? Check your ground wires!

[mustang429]

took starter out ill check the eec and yes multiple clicks and light everything works and turn over by hand so ill check the wires thxs for all the help guys

[Blackout]

if the starter just clicks then it doesnt have enough juice to turn it over. sometimes it can be the starter and some times its the battery. if a starter is messed up they will also pull alot of amps wich heats it up and will make it even harder for it to work properly. Make sure you have a good battery or its good and charged, if you dont get a responce, then replace the starter.

There is only so much it can be.

[mustang429]

yea thats what i was thinking to

[mad max]

Check your wires going to the soleniod on the starter . We run into alot of cases where they are corroded and not making good contact.

[mustang429]

ok thank you

[sean]

sounds like solenoid. Its a shame that its connected to the starter now. I miss the old cars where it was a seperate unit on the fire wall.

[mustang429]

yea me too

[sean]

well???? what did it end up being. Hopefully its starting now.

[94tchikinv8]

How do you know the starter is good? Check your ground wires!

+1 for ground wires.

-Rob