Help

Hey guys.

The car won't turn over. The problem is in the starting system, not the ignition system. We can't get it to crank!

It sat for a month in a shipping yard and the battery was dead when it was delivered. We killed two portable "starting packs" and had to jump start it to get it running to drive it home.

after a 20 minute dirve home the car would not even crank over after shutting it off. The alternator gage was reading on the positive side about 10 amps on the ride home. The battery was taken to the parts store and recharged. We installed a new negative battery cable, new relay, and a new starter. After all of that, we put it together and it would not even turn over. Not once.

The starter tries to engage, but doesn't. You can hear it click, but won't engage even when jumping the relay. The battery is not dirty, so it must be new, I guess two or three months. The parts store tested it and said it was good. I'm thinking it is the battery.

What else would do that? The only time we could get it to turn over was at the pick up lot when we jumped it with a hand pack or car and it took 40 minutes to do that. We had to wiggle the connections hard to get it to crank.

After replacing all of that and recharging the battery, it only reads 11.6 volts on a voltmeter. I used to test batteries in a garage when I was in high school and a fully charged 12 v battery should have 13.6 - 14.5 volts when fully charged.

What else could it be?

By the way, I'm his dad.