1986 Mustang GT, Not starting and making wierd noise

1986mustang_gt · 10-10-2009

ok my car started acting up yesterday. I parked it and when i park it i have to park it in first gear cause my ebrake is broken, so anyways when i parked it and turned it off it was still making a noise from what i thought was the engine bay. so i turned the car on thinking it would go away and nothing. when i took it out of gear and turned it on it went away. when i got home i started playing with my stereo with the car off and then went to start and it makes a weird noise when i try to turn it on and it wont start. so i tried to jump start it and when i hooked the cables up they got hot and the negative side on my battery started to smoke from the jumper cable. after that the electrical in the car didnt work. so i went and bought a starter solonoid thinking that was the problem. i got power in side after that but still does not start. so this morning i tried my jumper box one last time. this time it tried to turn over once then nothing. so i got back out and to my surprise my car would roll a little then stop then roll and stop my car was in first???? how is this possible i was told to check the starter is this a good place to look? also anywere else i should be looking?

90 stock stang · 10-10-2009

Check all of the wireing going to the starter and the solenoid also the negative and positive battery cables for any loose connection or corroded wires.

**EagleAutosports** · 10-10-2009

Check those, and then check the chassis grounds.

spdjnky_42 · 10-10-2009

Could be a shorted starter or alt take them to be tested.

1986mustang_gt · 10-10-2009

Thanks for all the reply's... we took the starter off got it tested and it came back good so then i decided to take the battery in and it was good... so only thing i could think of was check the power and ground wires and they were bad and exposed so yeah replaced them and its running like a champ again!!!!! i love that car!!!!!

1986mustang_gt · 10-10-2009

well dam..... this is no good just went out to try and drive it to the grocery store and when i started it... it started make a noise like it was trying to turn over still even though it was on so i turned it off and it was still making the noise so i turned it back on and tried to drive and everything powered off and now i have no power inside which im guessing mean i fried the starter relay... but wtf... anyone know were to start.... im confused now.... is there a power wire for the starter that could be grounding out... i dont know were to start any ideas...