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my starter solenoid and starters keep frying up and its costin me a lot of money.....if figured out the solenoid might be the problem

but when i shut off the car the starter keeps going...
the solenoid back feed the started and keeps it energized

what is my problem here?

i think the soleniod is just sticking and i need another new one...am i right or not>?

Originally posted by Mustang5.O
my starter solenoid and starters keep frying up and its costin me a lot of money.....if figured out the solenoid might be the problem

but when i shut off the car the starter keeps going...
the solenoid back feed the started and keeps it energized

what is my problem here?

i think the soleniod is just sticking and i need another new one...am i right or not>?

youer not giving much to go on. you eather have a hot wire at the sol. when youer not suppose to or the sol. is stuck or the starter can be holden the sol. in. but youve got to do some checking there. nobody cant tell you what it is for sure. get a test light and when the starter keeps turning over check and see if there is 12v on the little wire at the sol. with the key off. if there is no voltage and the starter is still trying to turn over then, with the starter turning with little wire off of sol. then take the big starter wire off of the sol. it should stop then but you need to check the voltage on the big post and see if voltage is there with key off. if youve got voltage on the big starter post on the sol. with little wire and big wire off of the sol. then the sol. is bad. if everything stops when you pull the big starter wire off of the sol., and there is no voltage at the starter side of the sol. then the starter is your problem. i hope you got that stright because i didnt. make sure the motor is grounded good.

the easy thing to do is put a sol. on it and see what happens.

Originally posted by DennyW
Heres you about 5 pages on a stuck solenoid, hahaha. And, remember that on some years, the solenoid has a diode to kepp it from back feeding.
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...arter+solenoid

he never said if it fixed the car or not.

Originally posted by DennyW
I know, so, this will at least give the guy ideas. I guess when they don't answer, we can take it as a fix, or he just left, hahaha. (the other guy were talking about, not you).

i guess

i got my problem fixed last night

i put a new starter cable on cuz i found that it was worn through and grounding on the motor.

i put a new starter and solenoid in. this fixed the problem then i put a diode on the solenoid to keep it from back feeding the starter.....which is what i thought was the problem to begin with

its snowing now here up in wisconsin......time to drive in the snow......you may say im crazy for driving a 5.0 in winter but yesterday when i went to school i found out that my mustang handles beter in the snow than my ma's 2004 impala


thanks for your help

i should be studying for my finals now but i aint worried bout them

only thing i gotta worry bout is passing all my classes cuz
i leave for the army on june 28 2005

so i gotta lotta thing to keep on track of

school, army, more important my car... HAHA

thanks for your help again....