Please help get my car running......

I can't get this thing going.

Man do I feel dumb not being able to track down what the problem is with my Falcon. It's the simplest car in the world and I can't figure it out.
It's a 64 with a 200 that I bought from a hamber last year.
Ran great last year.
I put a new C4 auto trans in this spring and I'm not sure what happened.
I'm having electrical issues.
new battery
new solenoid
The solenoid clicks really fast and then if you try it again it doesn't work at all.
What the hell did I do to this thing?
I just bought a new ignition stitch for it and it's still doing the same thing.
What would be the best way to check the wiring?

Thanks for the help.

Dave

 

First things first; make certain that the battery you are trying will actually start another car, I've seen them fail in all kinds of weird ways, just because the have 12 volts across the post,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

Ground? fuseable link? oxide on the battery conections?

 

Did it ever start after the trans. switch? If not I'd be looking at flexplate/starter issues.

 

Check the power at the battery when not starting. Check voltage when you activate the solenoid. Check voltage at every junction of the battery cable between the battery and the starter. Check continuity between starter and negative battery terminal. All this should take 5 min. You've got something is causing the solenoid to flutter back and forth. Low voltage, bad grounds, improperly hooked up solenoid, etc can all make it behave like this.

 

ground cable from battery to block,hell,just replace all three cables,it needs them anyway.

 

What he said... Ford starters have to have 12 volts to start. Take the grounds off and clean them or replace.

 

Thanks for the help guys.

I'll go through everything tomorrow.

Dave

 

Hey Kid,
Didn't you get my PM about me coming out to give you a hand?

Flatman

 

Yeah Scott I did, but I haven't been spending much time working on anything lately.
Working every other weekend and driving to Michigan on the other ones hasn't given me much "car time" this summer.
It's time to get back on it.
The bad news is I'm selling my 27.

Cheers Dave

 

I'm betting you left the ground strap off when you swapped trannys.

 

I'm pretty sure I put everything back on, haha.

Do you know where the ground should be so I can check again?

Thanks

Dave

 

should be at the bellhousing, or engine block.
While cranking, check voltage from the NEGATIVE terminal to engine ground. Should be less than .2 volts.
Not 2 volts, .2 volts or less. Thats called a voltage drop test. Better than any ohms test for resistance in a circuit.