Re: 75hp Chrysler Acts Like it has A Dead Battery
Well first you are gonna need a couple of tools, a test light and a multi meter.
First attach the clip of the test light to the ground side of the battery, test your light to make sure its working by touching the positive side.
now with the clip on the negative of the battery start where the positive wire connects to the battery and check to make sure power is leaving through the cable to the engine, then go to your first connection in the power wire, your solenoid, see if you have power going to the solenoid.
Then have someone turn the key with your test light poking the other side of the solenoid where the power should be leaving to go to the starter, when your friend turns the key, you should get power on the other side of the solenoid going to the starter, now check your connection at the starter, see if you are getting power to it.
If you aren't getting power at the starter when you turn the key, and the power seems to stop at the solenoid, then most likely you have a bad solenoid.
Now if you have power to the starter check your ground connection at your battery, and where it attaches to the block. You can do this by switching the clip from the negative side of the battery to the positive, and poking your test light on your ground on the block, it should light up. take notice as to whether or not the ground stops at the connection or if its actually grounding the entire block. With your test light clip attached to the positive you should be able to pock around anywhere on the block and get the light to come on, because the entire block should be grounded.
Now if you get no light on your grounds then you have bad ground connections.
If you get light on your grounds and power all the way to your starter, then you need to whip out your multi meter, switch it to read up to 12v dc, having able to read as high as 20v dc is find.
put the black lead on your ground, and your red lead on the power terminal of your starter, have someone turn the key. If it reads between 11-12 volts then you have a bad starter. If it reads anything less then 10 you are losing voltage somewhere and you need to find where, that would mean somewhere the power is getting alot of resistance, and by the time the 12v gets to the starter, it has dropped so low it can't operate.
I think i've been pretty thorough, i know it seems complicated be once you know how to work your test light you'll be able to figure it out.
I hope i've helped!
