Electrical Problems - Short on start attempt

[Brian Devlin]

I assume you mean that you have an open circuit. A short at the
battery would, for a few moments, resemble an arc welder and probably
set the car on fire. Make sure you have all the connections,
including ground cables, really tight. Poor connections tend to heat
up and quickly become non-connections when they get a few hundred
amps.
-Brian

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>I got a problem that has got me stumped.
>After replacing a battery, I get a short at the battery when key
>turned to start (starter does not engage). I thought it might have
>been the starter/solenoid, and had the starter and solenoid rebuilt
>(but the same problem still occurs).
>I got the rebuilt starter to spin, when I disconnected the
>alternator. I had the alternator output checked at the same time as
>the starter was rebuilt.
>Without bench testing the alternator myself, does anyone have any
>ideas on what could be the problem?
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