"mg" > wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I have this 86 Ford escort diesel.
>
> I've replaced the starter for the second time. I also replaced both the
> starter solenoid, and the "solenoid" on the firewall.
>
> I drove the car for awhile, and left it parked for awhile. I came back
> and it had enough juice to turn the glow plug lights on, but it
> wouldn't click, or turn over.
>
> I attached another battery and it turned over.
>
> I think there's a short somewhere. Because I get 14volts when the
> battery is being charged from the alternator.
>

14 volts is enough to charge a battery. 13.8 is the standard, but a .2
volts won't hurt
anything. And in fact with modern batteries, a bit higher voltage is
usually used for
charging since you get some voltage drop with bad connections and such that
occur
over time. And your meter may not be that accurate anyway.

> THis car also has one of those cluth switches. It won't turn over
> unless you press down on the clutch.
>
> Any ideas. It seems I keep going through the same parts.
>

Have you replaced the battery? That seems the obvious, and batteries last a
lot
less time than a starter does, as a general rule.

Ted