One of the connections at the starter is a red wire that goes on the
same stud as the big battery cable. This smaller red wire carries
battery power to the engine compartment for the fuel injection to use
during starting.

Without this other connection at the starter the key will work, the
engine will crank, but the fuel pump and injection system won't have power.

The other end of that red wire goes to the alternator wiring stud where
it joins another red wire that carries the battery power to the engine
compartment wiring box stud. From there a red goes to the fuel injection
relay box through the 2 pin connector that plugs on the front side of
the box. Make sure that connector is firmly plugged it. If you have a
voltmeter open the engine wiring box in the front left corner and
measure the voltage on the metal stud with red wires held under a nut.
That stud should have 12 volts at all times, maybe dropping to about 10
during cranking.

Mark

Mark
TJ Hemrick wrote:
> So, I fix (temp) the connections @ the starter, jump the battery and all
> she does is turn over, & over, & over.  No start.  New cap and rotor too.
> I don't have a helper to spin it over while I check for spark.  Oh
> well....  That's that.
> On Apr 1, 2014 4:51 PM, "TJ Hemrick" <x53gunner@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>    As if losing most of what we own from a house fire last Tuesday wasn't
>> enough, now my transportation has come to a dead stop. 87 automatic, had
>> some starting issues which (now) I see Kay have been some loose connections
>> at the starter AND a broken wire (which was probably just a few strands of
>> copper most of the past 2 weeks. Anyhow, I was idling, shifted to R AMD the
>> engine went dead stop.  No power to 4-ways or anything else. Lights on dash
>> DO come on but so does the green turn indicator light and it's on steady if
>> the key is turned. Very weird.  Relay 21 on the panel cycles about every 10
>> seconds with the ignition off and not at all with the key turned.  Any
>> hidden fuses or fusible links I might be overlooking?  All other fuses look
>> good but I'll check again.  Never been stuck this bad and no clues.
>>
>