clintredux

It sat parked, in a mostly protected carport/back deck, under a car cover all Winter in Michigan, where it was about 0 degrees for five months. Battery is charged, plenty gas, other fluids, belts all tight, but when I turn the key and depress the clutch (not in that order!) there is just a loud TIck-Tick-Ticj_Tick-etc. noise, then when I give up, all six gauges turn to max, then back.

What does this mean? It never got directly wet, it was cold and dry and sat for four-to-five months. Never had an alternator or starter problem; could the starter be frozen from not turning for so long? 50 degrees today, put on new plates, filled the tires, thought I was going for a long-delayed ride and click-click-click-click, spinning to max guages, then nothing. Lights, horn etc. work fine.

Help!

Soldier GT

Welcome to th forums! Also gotta ask. What's a SE GT?

slipperman

I'm gonna go with a bad ground or battery connection. Check the easy ones at the battery first, then on to the starter post, etc.

88 orangepeel notch

+1 ^^^

Check the cables for corrosion.

How do you know the battery is good? Pull it and take it in for a load test if cable connections are good.

clintredux

Well, it is a Special 40th Anniversary Edition, mostly GT with some Cobra Features (17" chrome wheels, 4.6 liter V8, great Mach 1 sound system, etc.) Really it is just a 2004 Mustang GT V8 with some extra trim, wheels, sound.

Banged the hell out of the alternator, white dust fell out, charged the battery again, started right up, VRRRRRRROOOOOOMMMMMMM!

clintredux

Banged on alternator, just like in the 70s, charged battery hours past the charger read "full charge," and Vrrrrrrooooooooom! All good; thanks all.