check the voltage through the selonid to the starter.the starter drive maybe hanging up on the fly wheel.

Answered by cadieman (expert)
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starter drive hanging up on the flywheel would create some sound, have multimeter so will check out before installing another starter

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Installed a new starter and van fired up fine on first try. On second attempt everything was totally dead (had headlights before, now nothing, not even solenoid click). Battery charged up to 14 volts but was reading 13.5 volts 8 hrs later (probably will continue to drop). Only thing I have now is inside dome lights.Also had one blown fusible link which I replaced. Cleaned up all connections(battery and solenoid). Any ideas would be appreciated.

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you need to check the voltage at the starter.

Answered by cadieman (expert)
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Thanks for reply cadieman. Van is repaired. Actually solution was even simpler as in recheck the connections you had apart to clean up.One solenoid connecting wire was broken at the metal ring ( had to strip wire back) and hard to believe but the battery positive connection wasn't retightened.Multi-meter was a huge help on this.

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