Have a 69 Dodge Coronet Super Bee with a Crhystler 400 block. Having some problems with it cranking very slow. With the battery just sitting and nothing on it, it shows 12.6 volts on the meter. While cranking it reads between 7 and 8 volts at the starter. So I know I am loosing a few volts between the starter and the battery. So here is the set up. The negative on the battery goes to the block, the block is grounded to the radiator housing, firewall, and frame with all new connections and wires. The positive from the battery goes directly to the starter and the starter is grounded to the block. Like I said all new connections and grounds clean. Replaced the starter and still having the same problem. Moved the battery from the trunk to under the hood to shorten the cables and still the same problem. Even though I know it is a voltage loss problem we retarded the timing 5 degrees in case of engine kickback and still nothing. If anyone could help it would be appreciatted. We are going to put a different starter on again tonight to see if we had an off the shelf bad one?
Tim

 

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Had the battery load tested?

 

Ya we load tested the battery, we finally put another new starter in and now it turns over great but no spark the new distributer we put in doesn't spin fast enough. Guess that's why the last owner had a points distributer on it, so we are gonna put that back in unfortunately and she should fire.