starting problem, doing it ghetto style Options

[blk'72]

Hey all,
So I got back to pleasanton this WE to work on the car, finish it up, and drive it!
I dont know how many of you all got this very f$#%245 up thing happend to you...
You finish up a project , you go to drive the car and it dont start!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)
So here's what happend...WE worked on the exhaust ...and starting the car, the car wouldnt turn over....nothin....so we changed the batterry, and after playing around with the loose terminals....the car started sllllllooooowly.....we could hear the engine slowwwwwly turn over and then hesitate and then start... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)

And i stopped at the gas station down the street filled her, and then ...again nothing....key in the ignition and gauges go up, lights work, but nothing at the starter.
So I am thinking starter problem or loose connection somewhere....

And then my friend and myself push started it, and it worked right away and the car drove fine. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELPPPPP!!!!!!

[Rand]

Mine was a bad ignition switch. But it was completely dead and would never try to crank. I tested with the old screwdriver trick (car in neutral, jump between main power terminal at the starter and the solenoid tab (large yellow wire)). It cranked, and ruled out a bunch of components in an instant.

Another time I had a more intermittent problem where it would sometimes hesitate briefly before cranking. That one was a dirty ground strap connection. Not a bad idea to just clean that anyway. You can get to the top end where it connects to the body ok under the rear driver's side fender. The transmission end though... that's a pain to get to - but fortunately the body end did the trick for me.