Truck won't start?

[Flyin454]

Hey guys, I have a 97 k2500 with a 454 that's been starting kind of hard the last couple days, finally today it quit completely, I replaced the starter but all it did still was click the selinoid on the starter, so I brought it back and got a second starter to make sure it wasn't a fAulty one to begin with since it's a new not a reman. Still no cranking, the ground wire to the starter was rotted pretty bad so I put a new cable in, still nothing just a selinoid click, I even went as far as buying a new battery since mine was getting pretty old, any ideas what else it could be? I checked all my fuses and started relay and they're all working the way they should, I'm at a loss for ideas, can anyone shed some light on this?

 

[woody31]

double check your grounds...make sure the battery is hot,,also check the positive cable,may need to replace it also,have you tried to jump it with another car??

 

[Flyin454]

I tried jumping it from a buddy's truck and still nothing

 

[woody31]

if you replaced the ground cable,,replace the positive also,,you cant see inside it but i bet is ate up inside the insulation...

 

[great white]

Are you sure its engaging the flex plate gear?

By "ground wire" I assume you mean the feed wire from the battery to the starter, right? The starter grounds out through the chassis....

 

[thz71]

Hey guys, I have a 97 k2500 with a 454 that's been starting kind of hard the last couple days, finally today it quit completely, I replaced the starter but all it did still was click the selinoid on the starter, so I brought it back and got a second starter to make sure it wasn't a fAulty one to begin with since it's a new not a reman. Still no cranking, the ground wire to the starter was rotted pretty bad so I put a new cable in, still nothing just a selinoid click, I even went as far as buying a new battery since mine was getting pretty old, any ideas what else it could be? I checked all my fuses and started relay and they're all working the way they should, I'm at a loss for ideas, can anyone shed some light on this?

That's wierd you replaced the ground wire to the starter since there isn't one haha

 

[great white]

That's wierd you replaced the ground wire to the starter since there isn't one haha

Yeah, that was helpful.

He could be talking about the braided ground strap, in which case the battery cable is suspect....

 

[Flyin454]

im talking about the one from the battery to the starter, everyone's been calling it the ground, the starter has 3 studs to hook things up but I only unhooked 2 and I haven't seen any other wires hanging under there, is it just an extra for another ground?

 

[michael hurd]

Try turning the engine over by other means. You may have a seized idler or tensioner pulley or many otber issues preventing it from turning over.

Just to rule out a bad ground issue clamp a set of booster cables from the battery negative to the block.

 

[Flyin454]

I can manually turn it over do I know it's not seized