[Spridgets] Bugeye starter switch problem

[Peter Caldwell]

Rick,  GR in this instance means Gear Reduction, I think.  Phil, if I 
were you, I would run the batter cable from battery to big starter 
lug. Run a small wire from the battery to the old style solenoid and 
then down to the new fashioned solenoid on the starter.  Put a big 
wrap around it if you want for style points, but the way you have it 
will continue to smoke.
         Peter C
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At 11:27 AM 5/26/2012, HealeyRick wrote:
>Phil,
>
>You should have the battery cable connected to the top terminal on the
>switch.  Then a heavy cable going from the bottom terminal of the switch to
>the terminal on the starter.  It's usually a post with a nut on it.  That's
>it.  The starter is grounded through the motor.  There's no GR wire connected
>there, unless someone is using it as a hot lead for an accessory.  Try taking
>the GR wire off, see if it helps.  If not, disconnect the battery cable and
>the starter cable from the switch and touch them together.  If the starter
>fires up,  you've got a bad switch.
>
>Rick
>
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>--- On Sat, 5/26/12, Philip Nase <nases at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>From: Philip Nase <nases at verizon.net>
>Subject: [Spridgets] Bugeye starter switch problem
>To: "Spridgets at autox.team. Net net" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 7:15 AM
>
>Kevin and I fired my new engine for the first time yesterday and had the
>usual
>few problems to fix but still have one we didn't diagnose.
>I have the starter switch repro part in the engine bay.  It's the simple pull
>the cable to active the starter one.  When pulling the starter cable I get a
>small spark and a puff of smoke at the starter switch cable attachment.
>Nothing else seems to be affected.  I have the battery on one post of the
>switch and the GR starter to the lower post.
>The GR starter has one spade connector and a heavy cable to it on separate
>terminals but I have both of them connected to the same location on the
>starter switch.  Is this wrong?
>Any ideas.  Engine is grounded from the backplate to the chassis.  Thanks for
>any thoughts.
>
>
>Phil Nase
>Quakertown, PA
>http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
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