Posted by chriscase@san diego on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 16:35:32 :
In Reply to: Starter No Starty posted by Hal Nth Jersey on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 15:44:20 :
Those cheapy ends that clamp onto the cable are NFG. Replace the cables if you have those. Only cost about $1 more.
The 'center' cable should be hooked from one + to the other -.
Was it running before? A seized engine would do the same thing. The starter wouldn't turn at all, act like a dead short, and the volts would drop to zero.