Electrical

Starter Ground Point

The starter ground is located, believe it or not, in the spare wheel well. I'd pull the spare and
the black plastic cover to access the two white connectors. Clean them and check to see any
frayed wires and see if that helps. I suffered the same symtoms, replaced the starter to no
avail. With my factory service manuals my mechanic and I traced the ground from the fuse
panel back to one of the connectors. I resoldered the connecting wires and got the 12 volts
required to actuate the starter. Another symptom was the loss of PRND32 lights in the
instruments and a boundey speedy. All cured now.

Good luck
Kevin



PROBLEM RESOLVED !!

And that is thanks to all the help you have lended. Turned out I had a bad battery ground
connection to the body. The inconsistent symptoms and coincidences with relays and such
were misleading to me. Shark starts every time now. Also shift selector indicator lights are
back.

Tarek
86.5 auto Indischrot