car wont start and no click
 

I took my 66 out for a drive stopped and when I tried to start it nothing. the volt gauge was showing good all lights worked but when i turned the switch no click nothing at all. wiggled cables act friend put jumper cables on and dhe started up fine and was great all night with multiple starts and stops. thinking starter selenoid could be bad. Any help or ideas would be great goning to tear into it this weekend

I had a similar problem with my starter. It was one of the mini starters & on the inside of the sol. the wire that delivers the 12 volt power had broken on the inside & was just barely touching. When it got hot it would pull away from the case. When it was cold it would make just enough contact to make it start. I'd say check your sol. first

I had a similar problem with my starter. It was one of the mini starters & on the inside of the sol. the wire that delivers the 12 volt power had broken on the inside & was just barely touching. When it got hot it would pull away from the case. When it was cold it would make just enough contact to make it start. I'd say check your sol. first in any case.

Sounds like a possible bad starter, starter solenoid or battery cable connection. If you can reduplicate the concern see if there is power to the solenoid when in the crank position, if so try taping on the solenoid and starter. :)

This is very common with this type starter/solenoid setup. When the solenoid gets hot, it requires more voltage under load, than the old wiring can deliver. So what happens is the voltage to the solenoid[under load, mind you] drops below 10 volts and that's not enough to setup the required magnetic field it takes to suck the plunger in and get the starter working. Simply hooking up jumper cables boosted the voltage to the solenoid just enough to make it happen.

Installing a Ford starter relay will cure this from ever happening again. The hotter it gets outside, the worse this problem will get. I've had to fix hundreds of cars for this problem as it's real common out here in the desert.