Bryan,
Tried the starter again last night with a new ground. Saw sparks coming
from the starter! Have pulled the starter this morning and am taking it to an
auto electric place after I type this. Also did a continuity test on the
solenoid with the shaft pulled. Continuity across the connections, but none
from either connection to the shaft.
Mike
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I've converted my bugeye over to negative ground, but I'm still using
> the original pull starter solenoid. It definitly sounds like yours is
> grounding through the starter pull cable. I'd have to check, but my pull
> starter might be isolated from the dash, but with the way it bolts to
> the back of the dash with a star washer , I doubt it. I'm not sure
> about the internal workings of your pull switch, but it could be it is
> shorting to the housing. The only reason the 'pull' didn't get hot, when
> it was broken off, because it was no longer shorting through the dash.
> You might want to try another pull switch, if you have a spare.
>
> - Bryan
>
> Mike Maclean wrote:
> >
> > I'm at wit's end over this starter pull cable. It gets hot enough to
> > change the temper of the metal cable and make it very brittle. After a
> > couple dozen pulls to start the car it snaps off right at the connector
> > that connects to the starter switch. I initially thought it was a bad
> > ground. I changed the position of the ground from the bell housing bolt
> > on the trans to the clutch slave cylinder. Still hot. My friend that
> > sold me the car helps me work on it when I have a difficult problem and
> > he encountered the same problem with it when he tried to start it and
> > snapped the cable off again. He applied a huge jumper cable from an
> > engine mounting bolt on the engine side of the rubber and the other end
> > of it to the engine mounting bolt for the bracket on the frame, in
> > effect another ground (engine to positive ground body). What is
> > perplexing is you could pull on the connector (wire snapped off) and it
> > was not hot! So, I thought the problem was solved. I stopped at Pep
> > Boys on the way home and bought a universal woven copper ground cable
> > about 8 inches long.
> > Today I installed the ground cable where my friend had the jumper
> > cable and sweat silver soldered a new bicycle cable into the starter
> > pull button to finish the repair. I just pulled on it a couple of times
> > with the ignition off and it got real hot just like before. Huh?
> > Is the starter pull cable grounding on the instrument panel? Or, is the
> > starter drawing too many amps? Is the small ground strap I just
> > installed inadequate for the amount of amps flowing through the
> > (defective?) starter? Is the starter solenoid (switch) defective?
> > I don't know where to look first. Ahrrrrrrrrrrrg!!!!!!
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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