Your negative cable on the battery is either bad or not making a good connection, it should be connected to a bolt on the block on passenger side in front of the motor mount (don't just do a visual inspection, wires can go bad inside the crimp), this is your problem, or you have a bad starter drawing too much current (less likely). And anytime you start your car, remember, the starter must cool, so if you crank the engine say for 30 seconds and it doesn't start let the starter cool for 5 min before you try again. And you should also have a ground wire on the passenger cylinder head to the firewall, this is a body ground (it may be different on a 66). Good Luck.
'66 Stang 289 starter issues
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The past few times I tried starting my 66 Mustang(289,4speed), the starter was turning very slow as if I had low voltage in the battery. The battery tested fine. The last time I attempted to start it, it barely cranked and didn't start. I noticed some smoke coming from near the voltage regulator on the radiator support. It turned out to be a ground wire heating up to the point where it charred the insulation. This wire came out of the harness and was grounded to the top voltage regulator mounting bolt. Would a bad starter cause this wire to heat up? Two feet of snow in Rhode Island has prevented me from crawling under the car and removing the starter.
The past few times I tried starting my 66 Mustang(289,4speed), the starter was turning very slow as if I had low voltage in the battery. The battery tested fine. The last time I attempted to start it, it barely cranked and didn't start. I noticed some smoke coming from near the voltage regulator on the radiator support. It turned out to be a ground wire heating up to the point where it charred the insulation. This wire came out of the harness and was grounded to the top voltage regulator mounting bolt. Would a bad starter cause this wire to heat up? Two feet of snow in Rhode Island has prevented me from crawling under the car and removing the starter.
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