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Hi Able:
"Crank" to me means turn over.
"Fire" means actually try to run.
If it won't crank and you have a new battery and starter, I'd be checking the terminal connections, wires, cround connection, and solenoid. If all of those are good then we need to start checking the engine condition. Recently running or sitting for 5 years and full of rust?
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if it is not cranking, but you must have a good battery to test it underhood. another way to test the starter, you can pullout the starter and ground(negative pole) the body and the solenoid(positive pole) to the battery.
Electrical problems require tracing from where you have current to where you do not. For example, it could be dirty battery terminals, back chassis ground connection, missing engine ground strap, bad neutral safety switch, bad ignition switch, bad starter solenoid, bad starter field or armature brushes. See if there is current at the starter solenoid, when you try to crank it, with a test light. They move further upstream if there is not.
Could be a fuel problem, maybe the engine isnt getting enough fuel. but i would check your spark plugs and replace them or re gap them. Also make sure that the batery cables are on good.
checkout your crank sensor and the starter give these websites a try www.alldatadiy.com and www.autozone.com if all fails stop by your local library and get your hands on a Haynes auto repair manual for your car wish you the best of luck Michigan Man.
If you need a new starter on your Cadillac then go to the dealership or look online for an aftermarket starter for it...
Even the nearest junk yard may have almost new starters waiting to sell cheap!!!
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