Engine to body ground

[spider2081]

I was fooled by what looked like a decent ground wire from the engine to the drivers floor. I was replacing the starter because it sometimes would not engage and sometimes could not turn the engine over. I had looked at the ground wire previously and thought it looked good. I decided to move the ground from the bell housing to directly to the lower starter bolt. when I bent the cable it snapped. The conductors were crystallized and brittle beyond belief. So I made a new ground lead and connected it to the forward steering box bolt. This car is a barn find that was stored for 15 years in a garage and has only 71,000 miles on it. New starter works just fine. Can't say enough about inspecting the original ground wire for broken strands

[Fiat88]

Also check your battery ground wire. A few strands were broken on mine were it attaches to the chassis.