I have a 96 Cav with the 2.4 in it. The starter went out on it last week. I put a new one on ( the hard way, from the top side.) Which meant I had to unplug a few wires to get it out of the hole. I am 100% sure everything is plugged back in correctly. Now when I crank it up the car is reving 2500 and climbing. Also the speedo is showing its going 30 mph even thoe its still in park. What the heck is going on. I really need some help here this one has got me stumped. I am wondering if the crank sensor which I had to unplug (but was repluged in) may have a problem.
I will go check right now. But why is the speedo going up also??
Could be a loose ground somewhere for the spedo; bad grounds make really strange problems sometimes.
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jason moore wrote:I have a 96 Cav with the 2.4 in it. The starter went out on it last week. I put a new one on ( the hard way, from the top side.) Which meant I had to unplug a few wires to get it out of the hole. I am 100% sure everything is plugged back in correctly. Now when I crank it up the car is reving 2500 and climbing. Also the speedo is showing its going 30 mph even thoe its still in park. What the heck is going on. I really need some help here this one has got me stumped. I am wondering if the crank sensor which I had to unplug (but was repluged in) may have a problem.
I will bet it is the ground that goes to the tranny/engine
follow the ground from the battery to the battery holder to the engine/trans housing. Make sure its on there good. I experienced the same problem after swapping my trans
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I went and check all the vacume lines and nothing but then I seen a ground wire that was really loose so I put a new end on it and I think thats got it.
THanks again you truely was a big help.
Yay. They all lived happily ever after...
Glad i could help