I had a bad ground on mine, and the hydraulic tube from the clutch
master to slave was glowing orange, boiling out the fluid. I wondered
why fluid was disappearing and no leak could be found. Then one day, I
was changing the points and ask a friend to bump the starter. Wa-La!
Problem located.
Peter S.
-----Original Message-----
From: nick kintner [mailto:nlkin@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 3:55 PM
To: Bob Palmer; RGGAMMA@aol.com; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Where there is smoke there is ####
The engine gets it's ground through a braided strap between the bell
housing
around the clutch slave bracket and the unused alpine crossmember
bracket.
If this strap is still in place then you need to clean both ends to bare
metal and use star washers to ground it. Without this strap the engine
uses
what-ever means it can to find a ground. When you hit the starter it is
trying to conduct 60-100+ amps of current. Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>
To: <RGGAMMA@aol.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 5:01 PM
Subject: RE: Where there is smoke there is ####
> Gunny (Smokin'),
>
> What you need to solve this problem is a good ground strap from the
engine
> to the chassis. Without this, the current to the starter is having to
take
> any route available. I would also check the hydraulic line to the
clutch,
it
> probably carried the rest of the current and got hot too. You should
find
a
> ground strap of some sort under the car between the transmission and
the
> frame. Depending on what you find, either clean the connections and
hook
it
> back up or also replace it with a similar piece. I have two separate
straps
> on mine, just to be double-sure, but one good one is all you really
need.
>
> TTFN,
>
> Bob
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