dustin280zx Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 280zx with a sbc. Well I can tell you that its not the starter, the battery cable, or the battery. Heres whats going on. I hooked the starter up like I read on here the yellow wire to the switch pole on the starter and the battery cable to the power pole on the starter. We went to dropped the distributor in and hit the starter to set it in and it turned the motor about 1/4 turn just enough to set the distributor in. After that we were ready to start and hit the switch and got a loud ticking noise. Sent the starter back to the place and got a new one. Put it in and got the same ticking noise. Took the starter out and put the jumper cables on it and turned out fine. Re crimped the end on the battery cable going to starter and hooked the jumper cables up to there and starter was fine. The ticking sounds the bendix is engaging and then disengaging quickly like if you turn the key and keep hitting the starter fast. So this leads me to the switch source I think. I'm going to try the screwdriver method just to confirm its the switch but I wouldn't know what would be wrong with it? The thing that gets me is it turned the motor over even though it was just brief and then just quit working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Is it one click or multiple clicks? What are you using for grounds(sorry have to ask, the motor mounts are not good enough...). Did the car start before with the old L28 in it? What terminal on the starter solenoid do you have the yellow wire? It should be on the "S" terminal. Did this starter come with the motor? Is it the right kind for the amount of teeth you have on your flywheel? Does it have to be shimmed? Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin280zx Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 I feel like an idiot now, but the starter wasn't grounded. I didn't put the groundstrap on the motor yet. I hooked the jumper cable from the starter to the frame and it turned over. The only thing now is that the motor is tight and the battery didn't have enough juice to turn it over enough to start it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 LOL, yeah I hate when that happens. At least you didn't go out and buy a new starter! I feel like an idiot now, but the starter wasn't grounded. I didn't put the groundstrap on the motor yet. I hooked the jumper cable from the starter to the frame and it turned over. The only thing now is that the motor is tight and the battery didn't have enough juice to turn it over enough to start it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Glad I could help! LOL I had the same issue when I finish my motor swap. It would start sometimes just fine but other times it wouldn't at all. Then one day after getting stuck at a gas station I found that my "lokar" throttle cable was hot to the touch after trying to start it, well that was because I didn't have any grounds going from the motor to the chassi and that cable was the only thing being used for a ground. After I installed 2 big ground straps on the engine it started flawlessly every time since! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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