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    Wont start - new battery

    Hi, Mercury Grand marquis Colony park 1985.

    Yesterday it started normal. Had it run for a while to add some gearbox oil. Today it should go to the garage for 2 yearly test (law here in the Netherlands).
    Just wanted to start it to bring it to the garage, nothing....
    Recently put in a brand new battery. Anyone an idea????? He did this before so we thought lets put in a new battery the one in is was old. But this is weird.
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    What exactly does it do? Crank and not start? Does not even crank? No sound at all? Bobby


    "Hope and dignity are two things NO ONE can take away from you - you have to relinquish them on your own" Miamibob

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      #3
      Gearbox oil? Be sure to use Automatic transmission fluid if that is an automatic like it should be. Mercon III should do you proper.

      Anyhow, what happens when you flip the key over? Does it crank? Does it click? Does it do nothing? If it does nothing or clicks you could try replacing the starter solenoid which is located on the fenderwell near the battery. Try taking using a screwdriver to touch the two big posts on the solenoid together with the key in the run position, let us know what happens.
      1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
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        #4
        If you get absolutely nothing, it sounds like dirty battery cables to me. Or perhaps the small wire on the starter relay has gotten loose or dirty if you have lights and such. I've had both issues on my car. When the small wire gets loose, the car has normal power but the engine will not crank.
        86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
        5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

        91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

        1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

        Originally posted by phayzer5
        I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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          #5
          Guy at work has an F-150 with a 302. Last week it wouldn't start. Wouldn't take a jump either. The truck had power, and the starter relay was making a nice healthy "clunk!" So finally, I just turned the key to start and held it there for a couple seconds. All of a sudden it fired up.
          1990 MGM: $50 E7 heads, HO cam, Holley SysteMAX lower intake, HO upper intake with an Explorer TB. LSC ECM. Lincoln logs into stock dual exhaust. K&N drop in air filter. Wide ratio AOD, 2400 converter with a 3.08 one tire fire out back. Car is less slow now. Then there's the '92 Beater. Dual 2.25" exhaust with shiny tips. Rumbles nice. Super slow. Burns oil too.

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            #6
            dead spot in the starter will do that. If it does it again, whap the starter with a hammer to see if it goes. if it does, tell him to go buy a starter.
            86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
            5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

            91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

            1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

            Originally posted by phayzer5
            I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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              #7
              Yep, sometimes just a rotten battery/ground cable can do it too. Had this happen on my '81 zephyr many many years ago. After I got so pissed I kicked a dent in the side of it, I took a close look at the cables and pulled one off my dead mustang. Goddamn thing fired right up, and had a dent in it DOH!

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