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well ok i can start
JUST but it takes forever i go to start the car in the mornings and it doesnt want to start it just goes click click click click in the engine bay taken me sooooooooooo long this morning but i have found that when the car is warmed up it doesnt do it as bad and i dont have to turn the key a million times just half a million it trys to wind over 10 years later a tiny bit an then stops an just goes back to clicking again an then another 10 yrs later another lil whir i finally got it started this morning and when did let it run for like 2 mins an then turned it off an went to start it again clicked a couple of times then started turned it off again an then first click vrooomm wtf is going on with my car 
please help Drifty
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ignition barrel maybe? is the realay clicking... scratch thst read thread again.. have you got a breaker bar or a long bar hit the starter to see is starter is not playing up.
fuel? just some suggestions
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Its your Battery bro! Battery's don't like the cold too much, and unless there in real good condition the cold kills them super quick. Have you had a couple of cold nights recently up the mountains?
To put it simply your running low in your cold cranking amps. Even if you check the batt in the morning she will still show 11.6 but as soon as you go to crank it BAng straight down to 9/10v = not enough. You can check your water levels in your batt and if the low FILL WITH DISTILLED WATER ONLY and then pray for warmer weather, or just go grab a newbie. The reason she starts ok once the engine is warm is that the heat from the engine has transfer into the battery (insert technical dribble here) and picked up your CCA. There is also a bush mechanics trick, that if you get a flat battery and have no other means to start the car, make a small fire then put the battery on the warm coals then after she gets pretty warm (like just able to touch) quickly throw her in the car and bingo!!! instant jump start!!! so to speak. I don't buy anything less than a 11 plater, there more expensive than a 9 but worth it. Especially if you have your car radio on for long periods with the engine off and s**t like that.
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Oh yeah and the reason its clicking is you have enough power to engage the starter solenoid but not enough to crank the motor. Ibet it goes
vrrrm click vrrrmm click, then goes clickclickclickclickclick. Id also say that your starter motor isn't in the best condition either and is taking allot of current to crank over. the brushes are probably fooked. But if your running on a tight budget id deff say just grab the battery, or alternatively pull one (if its in good nick) out of one of your other cars and see how that goes tomorrow morning!
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i would say check the cable going to the starter motor is nice and tight first..
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FLASH wrote: Even if you check the batt in the morning she will still show 11.6 but as soon as you go to crank it BAng straight down to 9/10v = not enough.
just to follow up on this, with ignition off, and a multimeter on the battery 100% charge... 12.65+ volts 75% charge..... 12.45 volts 50% charge..... 12.25 volts anything under 11.90 volts probably wont be enough to start the car. Pull the battery out and fully charge it, and see if it even takes 100% charge, then you can rule it out, or the charging system |
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FordFairmont wrote: FLASH wrote: Even if you check the batt in the morning she will still show 11.6 but as soon as you go to crank it BAng straight down to 9/10v = not enough. just to follow up on this, with ignition off, and a multimeter on the battery 100% charge... 12.65+ volts 75% charge..... 12.45 volts 50% charge..... 12.25 volts anything under 11.90 volts probably wont be enough to start the car. Pull the battery out and fully charge it, and see if it even takes 100% charge, then you can rule it out, or the charging system I was just using the example of his s**t battery will probably be at 11.6v, which would be plenty to start the car if it holds amps, which it isn't, its just a surface charge. My 3 month old bosch 13 plater in the turbo car drops too 11.8v (according to my turbo timer which has volts) and just sits there for weeks. Still starts the car every time, and the battery's in the boot.
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the figures i gave were testing with ignition off
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ok guys
thanks for all ur wonderful replys its not the battery as its near brand new and its not dying and i no now its not the cold cus it done it in 30 degree heats 2day i pulled up at work after lunch turned it off and went oops forgot to go to the rta an went to start an she clicked bout 15-20 times then went rrr an started to turn so i kept the key on an then she started slowly weird but yea so its not the cold then nor the battery an i dont run the stereo with the car off and its only stock stereo atm as my stereo isnt in yet so yeaa hmmmmm i was thinking maybe the starters half rooted i dunno if so im not changin this 1 grrrr bstard of a job 
but if this is the case are the 6 cylinder 1's the same as the 8's? cheers folks Drifty Drifty
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Ahh another item to the list of why 6's are the best
Yeah sounds like it could be the starter then. Check your leads though, you could have corrosion or a loose contact. And get under and check the connections on the starter motor too. You might be lucky?
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Check the earth and power leads on your battery and starter motor/block and make sure that they are clean, nice and tight. Simple things first.
My ED was impeccable until we went to Woolies one night and it was snowing heavily and cold. When I tried to start the wagon, it just clicked although it was a new battery and I had a good alternator. Not much fun getting under a Falcon at night in the snow, but found out it was a loose connection. Fordmods to the rescue!! |
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ok ill go over it this arvo and make sure everythings tight
and then try again an see what happens yea not fun bein broken down in snow i done that before and flash yes i no the 6's are the best i wanna get my black beast up and runnign again 
of course with your help and any1 else willing to help with a transplant and cpi to mpfi Drifty
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Let us know how you go.
You and I seem to share the same symptoms other than you actually getting the car started lol
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vrblou02 wrote: ok ill go over it this arvo and make sure everythings tight
and then try again an see what happens yea not fun bein broken down in snow i done that before and flash yes i no the 6's are the best i wanna get my black beast up and runnign again of course with your help and any1 else willing to help with a transplant and cpi to mpfi Drifty
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