I own a 1967 Shelby GT 500.. or rather, my father does. The starter was starting to go on her, so we went out and got one of those high-torque mini-starters. It's a Napa (I think it's called a Power Supreme). We needed one because the motor in her, a 351 Cleveland my father built, has very high compression - 12:1. We got home, slapped in the new starter, turned the key... and nothing, only a "clicking" from the solenoid on the firewall next to the battery every time we turned the key. We figured the solenoid must have been bad, so we get a new solenoid, slappped THAT in, turned the key.. and STILL nothing. Just that "clicking" from the solenoid every time the key was turned. As far as wiring goes, there's only one. It connects to the top copper connector on the starter and to the solenoid. One of my dad's friends told him he had to run a wire from the positive terminal on the firewall solenoid to the non-copper connector on the starter. Tried that.. no dice. Just that clicking from the solenoid. No sound from the starter itself AT ALL. Checked the battery and the wires. Everything seems good. We're really out of ideas. Again, this is a 1967 Shelby GT 500, with a 351 Cleveland motor, and a C6
3-speed Automatic tranny. Can ANYONE help us??- posted
20 years ago