98 won't start

I've got a '98 V-6 Coupe I just purchased. Pull-starts OK, but won't
start on its own. Turning the key with clutch in results in a whole lot
of nothing. A slight dimming of the lights and a very faint click, but
nothing otherwise. Any suggestions? I assumed at first that it's the
starter, so I got to work and took the bottom bolt off, but that top
one... Some help with that would be appreciated, I can't get to it well
at all from underneath the car.

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> I've got a '98 V-6 Coupe I just purchased. Pull-starts OK, but won't
> start on its own. Turning the key with clutch in results in a whole lot
> of nothing. A slight dimming of the lights and a very faint click, but
> nothing otherwise. Any suggestions? I assumed at first that it's the
> starter, so I got to work and took the bottom bolt off, but that top
> one... Some help with that would be appreciated, I can't get to it well
> at all from underneath the car.
>

what is the battery voltage ?
are the terminals corroded at all?

wrote:

> I've got a '98 V-6 Coupe I just purchased. Pull-starts OK, but won't
> start on its own. Turning the key with clutch in results in a whole lot
> of nothing. A slight dimming of the lights and a very faint click, but
> nothing otherwise. Any suggestions? I assumed at first that it's the
> starter, so I got to work and took the bottom bolt off, but that top
> one... Some help with that would be appreciated, I can't get to it well
> at all from underneath the car.
>

All those starter top bolts require an extension set just a bit longer than
the starter


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On 8 Dec 2006 13:53:23 -0800, wrote:

:>I've got a '98 V-6 Coupe I just purchased. Pull-starts OK, but won't
:>start on its own. Turning the key with clutch in results in a whole lot
:>of nothing. A slight dimming of the lights and a very faint click, but
:>nothing otherwise. Any suggestions? I assumed at first that it's the
:>starter, so I got to work and took the bottom bolt off, but that top
:>one... Some help with that would be appreciated, I can't get to it well
:>at all from underneath the car.

I'd assume it's the battery since what you described is how every
battery failure behaved on every Mustang [ five at one time...] my
family has ever owned.

I got it taken care of. Battery was fine, the starter itself was
busted. Ended up getting underneath the car and reaching back with
socket extenders from up front, and combined with some crowbar
application, got it off intact and got a rebuilt one from the local
Autozone. Put the new one on and she fired right up.

wrote:

> I got it taken care of. Battery was fine, the starter itself was
> busted. Ended up getting underneath the car and reaching back with
> socket extenders from up front, and combined with some crowbar
> application, got it off intact and got a rebuilt one from the local
> Autozone. Put the new one on and she fired right up.
>

thanks for reporting back!

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you pay..DEAL with it!