When I was reading voltage it was positive terminal and ground from the body, I meant the body of the starter where it bolts to the transmission housing. (This is the same point where I successfully bench-tested it while it was out of the car) I assumed I wouldn't be getting a good voltage reading this way if the ground to the engine wasn't well connected but I'll recheck the grounds and battery connections again.
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Originally Posted by barry12345
Since you have jumper cables. Hook one to the negative terminal of the battery. Plus the other end to the engine. Try to get good connections.
Reading voltage from the body to the starter terminal means nothing. It might from the engine to the starter terminal. If there were a ground issue from the body to the engine.
There is a ground strap under the car. From the body to the engine. Cleaning and putting some treatment on the ground connections when they are this old does no harm anyways. Another simple test is to short the small terminal on the starter to the large terminal. If the starter engages the ground section of the circuit is intact. Make sure the car is in neutral.
Also make sure those battery terminals are clean. It is not uncommon for the starter to draw so much current a connection goes open.
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