your not gonna die ok,you wimp,it takes a real man to face down the face of certain death :laugh: surely you have a 4 ft chunk of useless wire laying around? attach an alligator clip to one end,thread it up to the battery tray.attach alligator clip to the s term & touch the other end to battery positive,it should crank over.i agree with above,dont pull the wheel unless you have to.especially a tilt :grin:
So i'm guessing by now that you are wearing the Pontiac shirt while your rolling around under the car. :grin:
LOL @ the replies in this thread, i havent pulled the steering wheel yet. I actually bought a steering wheel removal tool, and a plate removal tool, but i havent opened them as of yet, and im hoping i can return them. I bought a circuit tester, that ive been enjoying for a little while now. How many wires should be connected to the back of my alternator? I have two....but there is a spot for a third, that i can't find where the wire is though, so im guessing there never was one, its an aftermarket alternator, like an ac delco one im pretty sure. Im about to run under the car with the circuit tester to see if the starter is actually getting any juice.
and here's another one. if i touch the wire from the battery to the starter and connect it to the 's' terminal on the starter, i get a current. When i connect the wire from the battery to the starter to the 'r' terminal, i get no current between the 's' and 'r' terminals on the starter, thoughts? Should it be like that?
not sure on which terminals are which, R might be the terminal that gets power when you turn the key forward (signalling the starter to engage)
A multimeter is all that is needed to diagnose this problem.First check your voltage between the starter housing (ground) and the positive terminal on the solenoid. If you dont have battery voltage then you have an open circuit or very high resistance on either the ground cable or positive cable.The wire to the S terminal (switch) should have battery voltage when the key is turned to start position.If your voltages are correct then you have a bad solenoid. If you do not have voltage to the S terminal then you must find the open in the switch circuit.Fuseible link,starter switch,neutral safety switch or broken wire could be the cause.Hope this helps. Mike B.
ITS ALIVE MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA cammed 455's sound so good. It only took a couple months, it was the shifter interlock.
BWAHAHAHHAHAHAH they haven't let me down from it yet. it definately took longer than we all thought....lol, point is though..... SHE's ALIVE!!!!! either way, my friend was secretly rooting for me to win, cause he wants to drive that thing as badly as I do!!!
:Smarty: yessir, car apparently was an original column shift car that they switched over to floorshift and didn't really do a good job, my next part search is going to involve a column from a floorshift car.
