ok so i started my car and drove to school yestarday car started fine drove it home afterschool started fine went to leave the house and then you could hear the starter catch the flywheel then it just clicks i searched on here and came to the conclusion that my starter must be bad because i know the battery is good so it took the starter off and bench tested it and it worked perfect so i checked all the cables that are connected to the starter and they are all fine the ground is also good so i figured it would have to be the battery so i took it out and put it in my truck and it works perfect i checked the voltage and it say's 13 volts what could be wrong???? this is a 1984 camaro with the 305 HO so no vats so i have no idea can anyone help??

 

How did you bench test the starter under a load? It's either the starter or bad battery cables.

 

i used jumper cables and hooked the starter up while in a bench vise and jumped it with a screwdriver

 

The problem is the starter is not being tested under load. If you think your cables are OK, I would get a new starter.

 

what starter would you reccomend ive got like 100.00 dollars to spend i dont want to end up getting a piece of crap remanufactured starter

 

Remanufactured is all your going to be able to get. Get one with a lifetime warranty. I'm pretty sure that a generic reman is going to be expensive for that car. Look online at vato zone or whoever is close.

 

ok so before i dropped the money on a starter i took the starter to autozone and they tested it and said it was good so it changed my negative battery cable to make sure i had a good ground and also tried a known good battery now the starter acts like the battery is almost dead when it has a full charge but now it doesen't click it catches the flywheel the turns really really slow for like 2 and a half seconds then stops like the battery is dead

 

ive got allmost the same problem so bump

 

bump would like to get this fixed tomorrow is my last day off all next week

 

Are you sure the starter lined up with the flywheel good?
Try to start it with jumper cables. Also just to check try to turn the motor over with a breaker bar to make sure it's not locked.

 

i believe its lined up there werent any shims when i took it off and the engine turns over it took all the plugs out and could turn it over fine

 

Autozone check your battery?

 

nope but i switched out the battery with a known good one out of the daily driver and the starter stopped clicking and just barely turned the motor over for like a second then it acted as if the battery was dead but i stuck it back in the daily driver and it fired right up

 

whats the size of the engine of your daily driver?

 

its an inline six but i checked the battery voltage with a volt meter and it said 13.85 volts even though the battery is made for a v6 it should still be able to turn over my engine just a little i would think

 

well since i seem to have the same problem this is what i found out if i recharge my battery im garenteed maybe 10 decent attempts to turn over the car. other then that i just get like 1 nudge per a second. BUT if i get a jump it will go all out, and usually start. maybe u should try toget it jumped?

 

Go ahead and try to jump start it. Check connectors on both ends. The battery cable can rott from inside out and might look ok but would be bad.

 

hmmm i will try that in the morning and see what happens

 

I had that same problem with the cables. new set fixed things right up. maybe check the ohms? I'm not good with electrical stuff, but zero is good right?

 

already replaced the negative cable to assure the ground was good guess ill replace the positive just for peace of mind

 

so how did things turn out?