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Originally Posted by Tenchuu
deductive reasoning and a long shot paid off. the aftermarket starter was bigger than the OEM one, and there is a little metal pipe that comes out of the engine directly above the starter that i had to un-bolt a mount to get the starter to go up past it. afterwords i bolted everthing back togather. here is the strange part, apparently i diddn't bend the two apart enuff, so the + prom the battery was rounding out on that pipe and shorting out the starter somehow. i realized that something was way out of normal once i un clipped the selinoid signal wire and the starter was still turning in the houseing. so i took a prybar and seperated theterminal from the pipe. works great now.
symptoms were:
-battery not wanting to charge up
-hard to start car, acts like battery is almost dead even when it is freshly charged.
-the classic turn key and click once with no start ALOT
-after a while the above (starter turning in it's houseing while car is off, drawing a SHIT TON of amps
-and what sould have given it away, getting shocked alot whenever you toutch the metal on the car.
I hope this helps people in the future, because it sure ruined my weekend and caused alot of hate having to jump my car about every morning.
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Having the same problem as u mentioned. "-the classic turn key and click once with no start ALOT"
I took out my starter and am gonna get it bench tested to see if it is the problem. Already took out the alternator and it tested 14.2 Volts.. so I am sure it is the starter / low bat.
Was that your problem? Besides those things being too close together and shorting out?
And the metal bar your referring to.. is it the starter housing bracket? that has 3 bolts to it? Black piece...