- Joined
- Aug 17, 2007
- Messages
- 4,958
- Reaction score
- 4,420
- Points
- 113
- Location
- central ohio
- Vehicle Year
- 2009
- Make / Model
- ford/escape
- Engine Type
- 2.5 (4 Cylinder)
- Engine Size
- 2.5/151 I-4
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Tire Size
- 235/70/16
- My credo
- the grey-t escape
94 2.3 2wd. I replaced the starter today, had been cranking slower than it should for awhile and has a nearly new battery. Also replaced the solenoid on the fender and was going to replace all the cables ( + , - & cable to the starter) Well I neglected to unhook battery at first, I didn’t realize the cable to the starter was live since there is a solenoid that cables go to. Well the cable to the starter arc’d to something (manifold maybe?) I noticed the cable end was really bad going to the starter, the terminal broke off the starter trying to remove it, no big deal, getting a cable anyways. Saw there was a small wire going to the starter too, so it has 2 starter solenoids? one on left inner fender and one on starter itself? The cable from rock auto that was supposed to go from starter to fender solenoid was too short, ran to autozone for another, it was only 4’ long but thought it might be enough. The original cable hookup to the starter itself I cut off and taped up, routed the cable up to the battery area, still could stand to be a little longer. Changed the solenoid, noticed the hookup to the solenoid with the two large rings is connected together with a plastic/rubber webbing, it kind of seemed like the cable from battery + was going to the starter, so I dont know where the other cable is coming from. Since this battery is a combination top/side post battery so I just hooked up my new cable from the starter to the side post hookup on the battery (since it was a live wire before, obviously) . I tightened everything down and started it, spins over better then it ever has but now its not charging, Im certain the alternator is ok because my tach still works . ( I put a tach on that uses a sensor clamped to the alternator for a rpm signal, I doubt it would work if alt wasnt) Is there a fusable link that could of blown? I verified the “not charging “ by a meter after noticing the dash guage wasnt reading as high as normal.