Hey all,
So I've got a 351C 2V stang and we've been fighting recently. I went to a buddies house for the super bowl on Sunday and when I went to leave it just kept cranking and cranking and it wouldn't start. I figured it was the starter solenoid (I think thats what it's called, its the little cylindrical thing with 4 terminals, one from the +bat, one to the starter, and two smaller ones labeled I and S) I went to the parts store and grabbed a new one and a coil just for good measure and installed it and ended up killing the battery trying to get it to fire. Went home with my tail between my legs that night. Got the battery fully charged the next day, plugged it in and it started right up, no tinkering required. Got it home and then went to go for a victory drive an hour later and it wouldn't start again.
It would crank for days but never fire. After accidentally (stupidly) frying a harbor freight voltmeter on the battery charger I bought a nice new one and started testing around. With the key in the ON position, I get voltage to the S position on the solenoid, but not to the I. Not sure if that's how it's supposed to be. The strange thing is that I get 12V to both the + and - side of the coil.
Can anyone help me out here? It's driving me nuts, and the people at work can't be happy that I haven't come in the past 3 days.
Thanks in advance!
Tim
So I've got a 351C 2V stang and we've been fighting recently. I went to a buddies house for the super bowl on Sunday and when I went to leave it just kept cranking and cranking and it wouldn't start. I figured it was the starter solenoid (I think thats what it's called, its the little cylindrical thing with 4 terminals, one from the +bat, one to the starter, and two smaller ones labeled I and S) I went to the parts store and grabbed a new one and a coil just for good measure and installed it and ended up killing the battery trying to get it to fire. Went home with my tail between my legs that night. Got the battery fully charged the next day, plugged it in and it started right up, no tinkering required. Got it home and then went to go for a victory drive an hour later and it wouldn't start again.
It would crank for days but never fire. After accidentally (stupidly) frying a harbor freight voltmeter on the battery charger I bought a nice new one and started testing around. With the key in the ON position, I get voltage to the S position on the solenoid, but not to the I. Not sure if that's how it's supposed to be. The strange thing is that I get 12V to both the + and - side of the coil.
Can anyone help me out here? It's driving me nuts, and the people at work can't be happy that I haven't come in the past 3 days.
Thanks in advance!
Tim