Having some issues here that hopefully someone else has experienced. It all started when I was replacing the lower control arm on my 95 Mark Viii. After I was done, I lowered my car off the jack stands and the starter sounded weak while cranking. It took me a good two tries to get it started but after it was fine and dandy for a few month. Fast forward to last week, I parked the car as I went into the grocery store and when I came back the car would just clunk. Sounded like the car wanted to turn over but the engine was locked up. I went down and was slightly hitting the starter to see if it did the trick and got nothing. I removed the starter and took it to the local parts store to have it tested and they said it failed. Replaced it with one and I had the exact same problem, just clunks. Engine turns over by hand so I know it is not locked up. The car did start to have the torque converter problem that causes very bad vibrations in lower gears before shifting. Any thoughts? Thanks guys!
Clunking no start
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Right on the Mark
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You need to post battery volts and have the battery stress tested.
driller
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And check your battery connections, cables and ground(s).
Right on the Mark
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X2 you can have some crappy bolt on battery terms that are barely hanging on.