Hey guys A while back I put in a new distributor. From then on my starter was slow to start turning, well 3-4 days ago I went to start it and I heard a grinding noise....then clicking. All I get now is a clicking. I took the old starter off this afternoon and replaced it with a reman. I reattached the wires and Still all I get is A clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick clickclickclick til I stop turning the key. Any Ideas?

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Check the battery and the big wire going to the starter. Make sure that all the connections are nice and clean and the wire isn't all corroded. Check the ground wire too. If you advanced the timing too much when you changed the dist, that could cause hard cranking. While probably unrelated, the clicking sounds like your battery or wires are weak.

chris

I agree with chris, I would check your battery. My exiperiece with this clicking, is the soleniod is kicking the bedix drive out but not having enough power to turn the flywheel(motor). Of coarse make sure your connections are clean and tight too.

Yenko,
The click, click noise is the solenoid trying to engage, but not having enough juice to stay closed. The solenoid is just a magnetic switch that requires juice to stay connected. If it is marginal power, the solenoid just clicks on and off, trying to stay connected. Once it stays connected, it passes the power along to the starter which kicks out the bendix and engages the flywheel. So, it sounds as though you either have a weak battery,to much resistance in the cables, or a bad solenoid. You could start at the solenoid and work back on the troubleshooting side of it. Bypass the solenoid using the old screwdriver trick or better yet, use a remote starter switch hooked to the battery and the big battery post on the starter(not the solenoid). You also must have the ign key turned on. If it doesn't start, when you push the button, move the remote starter cable to the big battery connection on the solenoid. If it works, then you have a bad solenoid. If it didn't work, try a jumper cable from the battery to the solenoid. If it starts, then you have a bad battery cable, if not try a different battery. This idea will get you into the ball park as to what is causing the trouble.

Dean

WELL, GOOD NEWS!!!!
After an hour on a charger my Chevelle fired right off. Just needs one shim is all.

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1969 Chevelle Malibu
307 Powerglide 10 bolt
2nd owner
All original with 2 inches of documentation.

It's amazing, after all this time she still runs.

My 69 Chevelle Malibu (http://www.geocities.com/yenko_chevelle_1969/MyChevellehomepage.html?1038125434440)

AIM Screen Name = YenkoChevelle69. Gimme a yell anytime.