Guys/Gals,

OK, I need some help. I have a 383 Stroker, that I recently did the oil pan gasket swap while the motor was in the car (NOT FUN) and am now having a problem once I put her all back together. When I go to start her I get a grinding from the starter like the solenoid is not extending the starter gear all the way and the gear is rubbing the front of the fly wheel. Now I thought the starter might be bad, so I p/u a new one from Autozone and same thing, so I had my old starter tested and it's just fine. Maybe, an alignment issue I thought, so I get it all done, but this time do the old jump the starter with a srew driver (so I can see whats going on) and it works fine and engages on the flywheel turning the motor over (with the ignition fuse pulled ofcourse). Now, I figure I'd try it again from inside the car with everything hooked back up, and same thing. It seems that not enough juice is getting to the starter when I try and crank her from the inside? Could this be a bad gound, starter cable, does anyone have any ideas or have you seem this before? Any help is much appreciated as I am at my wits end here......

 

make sure the surface where the starter connects to the block is clean. and check how much power you have going to the starter as well

 

I also say clean both mating surfaces and check that there is 12 volts at both termanls on the starter, check all fuses in the car, ( espally the PCM Battery fuse )

 

OK, guys I determined today that I am a complete idiot and finally figured out the problem. The problem was I accidentally hooked up the PCM ground cable to the Theft terminal on the starter along with the purple wire theft interrupt cable. Thanks to the Shoebox website I looked at some of the pics and saw the pic of the PCM ground and noticed this was the same wire I hooked up to the starter. I appreciate all of your help and man I feel dumb!!!!

 

haha. good job!