Need some assistance please.

[Ldecharmoy]

Oh and I got rid of my fender soleniod and just ran everything directly to the solenoid on the starter.

[Whiteboy]

I bought an MSD coil for my Bronco a few years ago and it shit the bed after only a couple of months. I had replaced it along with the wires and plugs, but fortunately kept the old coil. After troubleshooting for 2 days I finally swapped the old one back on and it fired right up.

msd is made in mexico now days sucks had a lot of issuses with new parts

[Broncojohnny]

That noise is the starter solenoid. Your battery has no voltage or your connections are shit.

Did you try the stock distributor? In the video it looks like you still got something in there with a red cap on it which to me means MSD junk.

[Ldecharmoy]

That noise is the starter solenoid. Your battery has no voltage or your connections are shit.

Did you try the stock distributor? In the video it looks like you still got something in there with a red cap on it which to me means MSD junk.

Battery voltage is good before and while cranking. Connections look fine. Just to rule out the distributor, I bought a replacement one and put it in. Still wouldn't spark

[Broncojohnny]

Battery voltage is good before and while cranking. Connections look fine. Just to rule out the distributor, I bought a replacement one and put it in. Still wouldn't spark

If you can get another set of hands, test the voltage at the solenoid while someone is cranking the car over. I'll bet it is lower than what you have at the battery.

That noise you hear is the plunger in the solenoid opening and closing, it is a pretty classic sign that your voltage is low or the solenoid is bad. Given that this is a new starter, I am thinking voltage. It could be a connection on the hot side of the battery/starter but it can also be the ground side of your battery that is causing the problem. If the ground isn't good enough the voltage takes a dump as soon as you put a load on the system (IE, try to start the car). You want to make sure you have a ground going from the negative post of the battery to the frame and a ground coming from the engine block to the frame.

[Josh.0]

How do your battery cables look?

[Baba Ganoush]

Yup, sounds like a voltage/ground issue to me, or maaaaybe a starter/flywheel alignment.

[AdRock]

I second the idea of checking the voltage at the solenoid while cranking.

I had an issue like this once on a customers car. Everything looked good, battery was plenty healthy, etc. I ended up finding that the positive cable down under the car had a small slice in the sheathing. It looked fine from the outside but moisture had gotten into it and corroded the cable inside enough that not all the voltage was getting to the starter.

[Z06killinsbf]

Bypass the MSD box, I've fixed a handful of non running cars by pulling that shit box out.