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Originally Posted by honerboys
the clutch finally arrived - i tackled that big time (8 hours) yesterday - i cheated the sadistic porsche engineers again - or so i thought - after getting everything back together i hooked up the battery turned the key and all i got was a heavy click (solenoid extending) from the starter - thought maybe the battery died although i had started the car a few days ago no problem - so i jumped it off my son's car - same click - i have a spare starter ,swapped it out - same thing with my battery - tried jumping again - it turned over grudgingly and did start - i drove it around about a half hour - clutch works fine - thought that should give it enough charge to start again - but it won't - it's like it doesn't get enough juice and only with two (what i'm now assuming) good batteries would it even turn slowly - any suggestions? - i went over all the connections; battery; starter; bell housing ground all seem ok - since the car started up in the last two weeks i wouldn't think it's anything major - i did have to bend the starter cable around a bit - could i have weakened the wire from the battery? - anybody else ever have this problem? - thanks
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when i did my clutch the starter was hanging from the wire the whole time, and the wire got a lot of abuse as i shoved it out of the way every ten seconds. still, it is a possibility you damaged the wire inside and increased the resistance. when you say you have checked all your wiring, did this include removing the starter wire contacts and cleaning them well?