Car not starting

RustyRatRod said

How many grounds does it have? People have a habit of taking them off through the years and not putting them back on. Why I have no idea but I have seen it so many times it's pitiful. If it only has the one negative battery cable from the engine to the battery, there's your trouble.

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Good point Rusty... :sign3:

I like to run the battery ground to the engine block, a pig-tail off of that to the front header panel next to the radiator, and then make up a 10 or 12 gauge wire from the rear passenger intake bolt to the firewall.. As a minimum....

Over-grounding won't hurt, but under-grounding will... #-o

Also make sure that there isn't any oil between the starter and the block. If you have any oil leaking from the back of the engine, it can interfere with the starter grounding to the trans housing... I had one leak real bad and had a good coat of oil on the starter mating surface that caused problems grounding...