Check your batterys voltage
btdt
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:12:35 -0800 (PST), KrkLH@cs.com <KrkLH@cs.com> wrote:
> Ok,
>
> Here is the deal. My 59 Bugeye is on stands and has been for a good month.
> I start it off and on and it runs fine - the motor really "pops" as they say.
>
> I added an electric fan and did all the hookups and everything went fine
> including the neat little switch under the dash which can be used to manually
>turn
> the fan on in hot weather.
>
> The car sat for a about a week. I went out to start it today and no go. It
> will kick over one turn once in a while while I crank, and that is about it.
> And the little bit of life that it does offer is by way of a bit of carb
> cleaner squirted into the SU's.
>
> I checked the spark by pulling a plug out and it sparked against a ground
> point. Although for some reason it appeared to me that the spark might be
>kind
> of weak. The spark would not cross the gap on the plug - but would cross a
> small gap between the plug itself and a vise grip wrench that I grounded to
>the
> copper heater line running over the carbs.
>
> I noticed that the hot wire from the battery to the solenoid had a crack in
> the tubular housing that sits just before the terminal ring. And, while I was
> trying to start the car the solenoid began to get hot which I attribute to the
> resistance (or lack thereof) created by the crack that I mentioned. I
> finally cooked the solenoid. So off for another solenoid tomorrow. Not a
>big deal
> as the car was retrofitted years ago with an early Ford 1960's type.
>
> So - I think that the solenoid got hot due to many starting attempts and the
> bad wire leading up to it from the pos side of the battery?
>
> The electric fuel pump is one of those small box types that looks like a
> small power transformer out of a guitar amp. Although it is elderly, it does
>come
> on and appears to be working. Again this engine would run fine when I would
> start it once in a while.
>
> Any ideas from the list?
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