yesterday my wifes friend call cuz shes broken down

I go to the car and no matter what I try I only get clicks from the starter, so I take my battery out of my Z throw it in( cables didnt work, my kids had done something to them so there were only a few strands of copper)

Anyways, the car starts first try. I put my battery back in my z, drive her car about a mile toward my house and POP SKREEK , it dies. so I walk back to my Z, drive home then take her to get a battery and get her car, It wont start, itll crank all day long, sometimes it fires it then SKREEK, dies immediately.

had it towed to my house, gonna go mess with it in a while.

any ideas?

it would do us a great deal of help if you could state the following:

Make

Model

Year

Induction system (FI , CARBS etc).

Ignition system.

for starters anyway it could be so many things based on what you've just told us.

99 chevy cavalier

i think tbi and electronic ignition

fixed

broken alarm ground wire, go figure,...

well my work here is finished :tapemouth .

well done.