Truck doesn't turn over

[jdm_farmboy]

My BII isn't starting tonight, and I need some help to figure it out.
I turned the key and lost all power shortly only for the seatbelt buzzer to return meekly. I can get out of the car and fiddle with the battery wires and get it to return to full power, but if I turn the key to start it all dies again. The battery is good and I get 12 volts across the terminals of the solenoid. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[adsm08]

Check your connections at the solenoid. Last time mine did this the positive cable was working it's way off.

 

[davecarr414]

sounds like a bad battery ground to me, make shure the terminal is clean and tight, and check all the other grounds too if that dosent work.

 

[heptofite]

make sure your negative wire is properly attached to your starter.

 

[xr75er]

your not going fast enough lol sorry

 

[Spitfire1975]

If all the connections are tight, check the voltage of the positive cable AT THE SOLENOID. When my ranger was doing this I was getting 12+ Volts at the battery, 7 Volts at the solenoid and the positive cable was getting hot. Changed the solenoid out and the problem was solved.