Really what you should do is voltage drop test on the starter system first. As long as you or who ever does it knows how to do the voltage drop test it will tell you all you need to know. Its actually very easy to do but you would be surprised how many techs out there (including the shop foreman at a dodge dealer I helped) dont know how to do the voltage drop test as all you need is a voltmeter. You just parallel the circuit with the voltmeter in the area you need to test. You want to see no more then about .5 volt even on the starter system. The more volts its read it means there is a bad connection in the part you are testing since the voltmeter is showing the volts it means its not pushing enough current through the circuit. Basically you want as low a volts reading as it can get because when you parallel the circuit with the voltmeter if all the voltage is used in pushing current through the circuit pretty much none will read on the voltmeter as its all used in the circuit. Just put a + voltmeter lead on the eng block and the - voltmeter lead on the battery ground post and then try to crank the eng. With a good charged battery you should see about 1/2 a volt or less in a good ground circuit. If its higher like 3 volts and up it has a bad ground somehwere. Do the same on the pos side of the starter circuit as put the voltmeter + lead on the battery + post and the meter - lead on the starter terminal where the battery cable hooks to the starter and see what it reads. Good luck with it. Ron
Oh I see you found it. Good for you glad to hear that.
Last edited by 383man; 03/15/17 04:20 PM.
