LuckyB50
Junior Member
- Joined
- Nov 6, 2014
- Posts
- 6
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Alexandria VA
- First Name
- Brent
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- V10
- Engine Size
- 305
87 V10, 305, Sm465
I just finished replacing the headers on my 305 and now it won't start. I tested the motor Monday after I finished the drivers side and it started up just fine. I just got the chance to put on the passenger side and now I can't get it to start. More than half the time the key turns in the ignition and it's completely dead, no lights no click no thing. The remainder of the time it will turn on the dash (fasten seatbelts), then I get a single 'chunk' sound and then the lights go out. I thought maybe I killed the battery but I tried to jump it with my car running and I didn't even get dash lights, and the cables will spark when they are connected to the battery and I touch the other pair together.
What could I have done on the passenger side that would kill its start like this? What kind of issue does this sound like, and how can I trouble shoot it?
Nothing is more frustrating than solving one problem and creating a bigger one!
I just finished replacing the headers on my 305 and now it won't start. I tested the motor Monday after I finished the drivers side and it started up just fine. I just got the chance to put on the passenger side and now I can't get it to start. More than half the time the key turns in the ignition and it's completely dead, no lights no click no thing. The remainder of the time it will turn on the dash (fasten seatbelts), then I get a single 'chunk' sound and then the lights go out. I thought maybe I killed the battery but I tried to jump it with my car running and I didn't even get dash lights, and the cables will spark when they are connected to the battery and I touch the other pair together.
What could I have done on the passenger side that would kill its start like this? What kind of issue does this sound like, and how can I trouble shoot it?
Nothing is more frustrating than solving one problem and creating a bigger one!