Even though this went to my DD ( Ranger ), I thought it would be relevant to post here. The other day I started having issues with slow cranking so I did the usual start by taking off the battery terminal ends to clean them. I undid the negative first and then the positive. The positive didn't feel right. I turned it over to clean it and the whole terminal end came off! This was a molded on terminal end. Look and see how much of the wire was actually soldered into the end! I thought I'd just throw this up in case any of you have starting issues and can't figure it out! A voltage drop test would have found this, but having it come apart in my hand made it simpler! Wow, I would have never thought!
Autozone replacement. I'm sure this doesn't happen too often. It sure surprised me, though! If I remember right, it's 3 or so years old.
Im not sure a voltage drop test wud have discovered this problem. U might have had the voltage but not enough current to pull the starter.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when I see a gorgeous classic and it barely cranks over because it has these dinky, grungy little wires and a bargain basement battery... People always ask me how the Comet cranks over so fast.. As if cosmetics affect how a car runs... My recipe? 0 gauge positive and negative wires and an 800 CCA battery do the trick!
Man, I'm right with you on that! I got this one just because it really was a 4ga cable! That would have been good if they put the end on right! In all fairness though, this is the first time this has happened to me!
a Guy had his 70s Ford truck brought to Harolds shop because the starter wouldn't turn over. he had replaced the batt. cables and starter relay...nothing. Buddy and i looked it over and we had power at the batt. post but nothing at the starter relay... come to find out the new molded pos. cable when made, they didn't skin the cable before they put the end on it... we put another cable on and still nothing... wiggled the cable and it would try to turn over. found out the new starter relay wasn't grounded to the shock tower... ......
I've seen a lot of solenoids replaced because of a poor ground! As far as the cable goes, Wow! I guess quality control just isn't what it used to be!
the only thing worse than the 6yr old quality control representative is the customer service experience when you try to resolve a problem...
