Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
ill say the started or as already mentioned the teeth on the flywheel. even though the starter was tested it could still be bad. its one thing to free spin and a totally different thing for it to turn the motor over. and as far as you light go that could be a grounding problem like simon said. you could have potentially not hooked up a ground wire or one may have came off when you were trying to get to the starter and you dont even know it. just closely check everything over and make sure there is nothing hanging loose.
yea I just went outside to check everything again and everything seems to be in place, but then again my chinky ass eyes might be overlooking somethign extremely small

a buddy of mine is gonna come over to help me out so hopefully he can catch something I haven't yet

thanks for the advice

Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett
Also when it does run, if you push start it, how does it run?
last time I push-started it, the car seemed perfectly fine, idle'd right at 1000 rpm and I could drive normally like nothing ever happened