Also pull the battery cables and clean the connections and the battery
posts. It's surprising how little corrosion it takes to cause problems when
you're trying to pull several hundred amps to the starter.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
"The difference between what we do
and what we are capable of doing
would suffice to solve most of the world's problems."
- Mahatma Gandhi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of RWM (Out of
> the Office)
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 9:24 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Sanity check - Bad starter?
>
>
> First principles: check for corrosion on the starter harness where it
> attaches to starter and ground.
>
>
>
> Andrew Murphy wrote:
>
> >All,
> >
> >I went out to take the car for a drive this morning and got the dreaded
> >click-click-click-click with no engine turning at all. So I pull
> out the meter
> >and check the battery across the terminals -it's fine. I have
> voltage at the
> >coil and can pretty much hear that the solenoid is trying to
> engage. I bought
> >this car back in February and noticed that the starter looked original.
> >
> >I am planning on ordering a gear reduction starter this week.
> Just checking to
> >see if the gear heads have a different opinion or idea.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Andrew Murphy
> >1966 1600
> >Down for now
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