New starter, new battery, new relay, no crank.

[Joe Techy]

96 explorer xlt 5.0 awd
Positive batery terminal gets real hot when i try to start
Will start with jump (sometimes)
Dash lights are dim but battery reads 12.56

 

[Mbrooks420]

Read the voltage from somewhere besides the battery terminals. I think you have a cable or connection issue. Does everything else work, like interior electronics, and lights?

 

[Joe Techy]

Read the voltage from somewhere besides the battery terminals. I think you have a cable or connection issue. Does everything else work, like interior electronics, and lights?

Very dim

 

[Joe Techy]

Very dim

Like at the starter?

 

[974X4BLACKSPORT]

Are your ground connections to the block good?

 

[Joe Techy]

Are your ground connections to the block good?

Ran a new negative cable through out

 

[Joe Techy]

Looks solid to me

 

[Mbrooks420]

If the positive gets hot, I’d think you have a high resistance in that cable, or terminal. I’d the lights are dim, its between the battery and the power distribution. If everything else worked, and just had a no start, I’d suspect the cabling or connections at the starter.

 

[Joe Techy]

If the positive gets hot, I’d think you have a high resistance in that cable, or terminal. I’d the lights are dim, its between the battery and the power distribution. If everything else worked, and just had a no start, I’d suspect the cabling or connections at the starter.

Cant find anything like a ground for starter. Am i missing something there?

 

[Mbrooks420]

Starter grounds through the block. The issue isn’t the starter connection or wiring, or everything wouldn’t be effected. What kind of terminal do you have on the positive?