Battery Terminal Wire Question

[BonesMachine]

hey i just got a 95 explorer and it won't turn over. When i turn the key the dash lights turn and and the fuel pump primes and everything but when i turn it all the way to start there is nothing from the starter not even a click. There is a short length of wire with a broken tab coming off the negative battery terminal that isn't connected to anything. It's the thinner of the 2 wires coming off the negative battery terminal. I'm thinking this might be the problem? Does this wire connect to the chassis?

 

[lounge lizard]

usually there is a smaller wire attached to the radiator support.

on my 1997 the ground cable runs down on the driver side to the block and has a lug that also attaches to the frame rail.

 

[BonesMachine]

ok so i grounded that wire to something and still nothing. Does this wire that attaches to the radiator support have anything do to do with the starter or starter relay?

 

[lounge lizard]

no not really
so you may want to check the switch at the bottom of the steering clounm to see if the key is really engaging the starter switch.