Did you check for & clean corrosion on the battery terminals? Sounds like
you have a bad connection right at the source.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Schickling" <wschick1@twcny.rr.com>
To: "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] 1940 not running again.
> Hey everyone,
>
> I got the 1940 running with the advice from some of you all. I was driving
> it around the yard all proud of my accomplishments when it started running
> rough and it finally died. I went to try and start it again, but no joy.
The
> battery acts as if it's dead. No lights, no horn, nothing. The age and
> condition of the battery is unknown, so I was going to run out and get a
new
> battery, but decided to see if the battery showed any signs of life first.
I
> hooked up my battery charger and it shows full charge. To my surprise my
> multimeter shows 6.2 volts. The cable to the starter also shows 6.1 or 6.2
> volts, but the starter won't even spin. The only time I get even a little
> juice into the beast is if I switch the charger to 6 volts 125 amp for
jump
> starting. Then the starter at least moans a little. Is there something
wrong
> in the voltage regulator ?
>
> Since my total knowledge of electronics orbits around British cars and the
> secret of not letting the smoke out of the wires. I'm sure you're all
> familiar with the LUCAS "prince of darkness" stories.
>
> I'm willing to jump in and try stuff, but I don't even know where to
start.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Schickling
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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