I have the escort which has sat out in the weather for about 2 years. I recently hooked up some jumper cables just to see if it would start. Did not succeed. Turn key over in ignition and just hear the solenoid clicking. Thinking it had to do with the ignition system replaces most of the components: starter (was really old and failed test), solenoid, ignition coil, spark plugs, distributor cap and rotor. Car will not crank at all just solenoid clicking. I have run out of ideas. Any help would be appreciated.
Another thing you might wanna try is take a volt meter and test the voltage of the battery, it should have 12 Volts till u turn the key to the starting position than it will drop down to 2 Volts if it stays at 12 than you have a issue with a wire or something but it is not any of the components
Make sure the car is out of gear then put a spanner on the crankshaft nut to try and turn the engine over. if it wont turn then the engine is most probabl siezed
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