it doesnt work, just jump across the 2 big wires with
channel locs... works good.. :-)
Henry Stike
uhhhh, I dont know, but when
--- Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net> wrote:
> After finally finding out that the no cranking
> problem was not the battery,
> or the wiring, or the charging system, or the
> starter itself, but was in
> fact a starter solenoid that clicked loudly but
> didn't allow enough current
> to engage or turn the starter, I wondered exactly
> what could go wrong so
> quickly with such a simple device. After all, it
> was only a few years old.
> So I took it apart to see just what the problem
> was. Turns out that its a
> poor design which allowed carbon to build up on the
> contacts, and on one
> set so much that it was entirely black effectively
> rendering it useless for
> any significant current handling capacity (the
> contact design should scrub
> themselves clean when in operation, something this
> design obviously did not
> do). Anyway, I was wondering if using a capacitor,
> similar to the one
> across the points would cut this arcing to a minimum
> and provide a much
> longer solenoid life. I realize the solenoid is a
> relatively easy item to
> replace, and not terribly expensive, but it is an
> inconvenience to be stuck
> anywhere and if this would prevent this type of
> failure from occurring, it
> would be well worth it.
> What do ya think? It's certainly easy enough to do
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