after i aquired my galaxie, i wanted to just turn the engine over not start, i can turn the engine over with a socket and wrench, but when i hook a battery up to it nothing lights work, but when i turn the key nothing, so i went to the solenoid to try to jump it nothing no click nothing at all just a small puff of smoke from the battery post.. any ideas on what i can do..
no turn over
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Sounds like a dead starter to me.
Woah, hold the phone. Try a few other things first, the starter is a BEECH to change. First check out your connections. Good at the starter, good at the battery ground?
Next clamp a vice grips to the + battery terminal. Detach the starter wire from the relay and touch it to the vice grips. If you have a working starter and battery, it should turn over, at least.
BTW what year and what engine galaxie?
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Puff of smoke means BAD CONNECTION.... Clean your terminals like SemiCrazy said.
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Why would you buy a car not even knowing the year of it?
Never mind, I can guess I'd do it to if I was new to cars and it was just cool lookin...
Clean those connections.
Never mind, I can guess I'd do it to if I was new to cars and it was just cool lookin...
Clean those connections.
FE you done blew the farm when you stated you done went and bought a chebby. How much worse can one get? :frown:
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I bought it cause it's the ONLY year chebby made that has nice enough lines to look at. and it's a moredoor 
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