Originally Posted by RevengeCRX
When my ground connection to the battery was loose, or when my battery was weak, I always heard that infamous, "zzt zzt zzt clickety" sound too. Double check your ground and make sure it's touching BARE metal on the body side. My ground was haphazardly connected to a painted part of the body, which made for a bad ground.
Jumping your car also grounds the battery, so that would make it start.
Try this: take your battery and put it in another car, if that car won't start, or has a weak battery sign (dash lights dim, clicking noise), then it's DEFINITELY the battery. If the car starts right up, then you need to find a better ground.
At least at this point, you have discovered that the grounds on the starter are good, since the car starts right up with a jump. So it should be your battery to body ground, or the battery itself.
Yeah, I'll try all of that tomorrow. I think I did take the battery out of the car once and put it in my mustang and it powered it up fine. But that was a while ago, I'll try it tomorrow. Anyways, if it is on painted metal, it could be a bad ground?
Also, will electrical tape help fix any of my wires? I have a headlight wire that looks like it was chewed through partially, and i want to know if I can just electrical-tape it up. Otherwise, I am going to look for a new wiring harness?