83fox302

hello,im 16 was a chevy man through and through but just lately i bought an 83 mustang and fell in love when i got it it ran fine but now it cranks really slow it has to be jumped about evry three times you start it and itll only start if its cold as soon as it gets warm it wont start its got new:
starter solenoid
brain box
battery
alternator
coil
pick up coil
and the carb im pretty sure is not adjusted.but its brand new also.
yesterday i was driving it i stopped talked to a buddy it idled for ten minutes fine i got in it tried to take off and it jerked really hard like i wasnt giving it enough or something cause its a stick.i tried to limp it home but it died and i came back three hours later and it fired up after a minute.
any help would be very much appreciated.
and also there alot of unconected wires underneath the hood i was told it was a 4 cylinder but it has the GT emblems and stuff like above the glove box.the vin is 1FABP28F1DF100898
and body type is 3S
somebody please help me,
signed
young and dumb.

mjr46

sounds like two seperate issues, 1 is possibly heat soak occuring to starter or bad cable doewn to the starter and the other ??? when it does that again you need to see if spark or fuel is missing, carry an old spark plug and can of starting fluid to test for the two.

83fox302

its getting spark and fuel but could my carb not being adjusted do that and should i replace the wires to the starter first or the starter?
i dont know if its relevent but i tried to start it once and i shut the key off and it kept turning the car over????????

mjr46

if it stayed cranking with key in off position, it may have a bad starter selonoid. as for cable and starter, it's your call, if you wanna just slap parts go for it, I'd start with the cheapest =cable, I normally perform a voltage drop test but in your case, try replacing the cable first

83fox302

what i dont understand is that the selonoid is brand new but ill try that.i appreciate it.

mjr46

when the prob occurs have a test light handy and see if there is current on the ignition feed wire to the selonoid, it may have a bad ignition switch that is triggering the selonoid.

83fox302

ok that makes since ill take a look at the wires to the starter see if there bad maybe replace them.
then tell you what happened.

Slayer420

sounds like a starter issue to me

83fox302

thanks guys i replaced the starter and everything is working great i still dont know what caused the nudging or watever but now i cant get my carb adjusted right its an edelbrock 650??????????any hints i know its not that hard ive just never done it.

mjr46

what issue are you having???