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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / July 2006

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91 2.3L won't start

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jhvw2000@gmail.com - 25 Jul 2006 21:41 GMT
My 91 2.3L mustang quit starting last night. It was running fine until
I stopped by a friends house. When I was parking I did a pretty good
curb check that jostled the car a bit, but didn't think it was a big
deal. Go out to start the car and get some clicking then nothing. I had
dome lights and a few dash lights stay lit but the horn sounds like
it's dying. So, figure it's the battery or the terminal posts. Remove
cables, clean them REALLY good with terminal cleaners inside and out
and put them back on good and snug. Nothing, not even a click. Then,
get friend to jumpstart me, get a click and it kinda tries then
nothing. He did a bunch of wire tracing and stuff in my engine
compartment and said it all looked ok. We didn't look at the starter
though. The starter is less than a year old though, so I really don't
think it's that. Anyway, I'm at a loss as to what to do now, we even
tried to push start it (it's a standard, used to work all the time) and
nothing. Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks
.boB - 26 Jul 2006 00:35 GMT
> My 91 2.3L mustang quit starting last night. It was running fine until
> I stopped by a friends house. When I was parking I did a pretty good
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> nothing. Anybody have any ideas?
> Thanks

Put a volt meter on the battery terminals.  SHould get 11-12 volts.  Then turn the
key and try to crank it.  If it drops considerably, it's a bad battery.  Could have
been just enough of a blow to break a plate connection in there.

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jhvw2000@gmail.com - 26 Jul 2006 13:45 GMT
It turned out to be a bad battery. Something so simple, makes me feel
stupid. Ah well though, problem solved.
 
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