64 Barracuda Will Not Crank Over

[nerd racing]

I went to get the Barracuda out of the garage for the season and ran into a few problems. Over the winter I put in Doug's headers, mini starter, new fuel pump, plugs wires cap and rotor, rebuilt the carb, and put on a 2.5" Exhaust. Topped off the fluids and put some fresh gas in the car. Tested the battery and it registered between 12 and 13 volts. Went to crank it over and had a relay click and then nothing. Figured the battery needed a charge so I went to jump it and still nothing. More than half the time the relay didn't even click. I noticed my headlamps, turn signals, and horn didn't work either. Charged the battery up and same thing.

To me that means the starter/main relay is shot. Do you guys agree? Where would the fusible links be on the car? Could I have popped one of those?

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[nerd racing]

Looks like it was a bad connection at the starter on the power feed to the relay. Fixed it and she fired up and ran like a top.

Just had to replace the terminal on the wire

 

[ZooKypr]

Nice diagnosis...nothing makes your day then a quick fix a little cost!

 

[BillGrissom]

Good work. I keep a multimeter in all my cars (free at HF), which makes trouble-shooting simple. Don't ever blame the starter until you verify it is seeing >8 V from big stud to case. If not, other parts aren't doing their job.

 

[nerd racing]

Good to know the spec on voltage, thanks!

I'm having charging issues with it now. I'm going to have to test the voltage regulator and alternator tonight.