Starter/Electrical System Issues
Starter/Electrical System Issues
I posted this in gen chat too, basic recap, I caught the car in a water drainage ditch on the side of the highway when I was too tired to notice what was happening, car went sideways and ended up doing 3 360s before I got it slowed down enough to just drift off the road into a ditch. Luckily didn't hit anything, so no impact damage at all, and nobody hurt. Since, my starter has had problems turning the engine over, and I noticed that my negative battery terminal was detached. Well I took it off both on the terminal and on the intake manifold, cleaned both sides and took a tiny bit of 1500 grit sandpaper to them, reattached, still no go. The car is revving a little bit, but after like one turn it starts clicking for 4-5 seconds and turns once more...eventually it catches and turns over, but what does it sound like I did? Remember no impact at all, just the force of being turned around 3 times that quickly. Thanks!