When you are replacing that lead you might also replace the negative battery
lead with on long enough to bolt to the starter mounting bolt.
After all nothing draws as much power as the starter. If you get one with a
2nd smaller lead that can be the body ground.
Paul Van Wig
pvanwig@charter.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net]
On Behalf Of Robert Weeks
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:15 PM
To: Spridgets
Subject: Re: Starter or Solenoid? - Solved
Thanks everyone,
I went out to check on the car tonight and figured out what the problem
was. I'd have lights and other signs of a properly functioning
electrical system and then I'd try to start the car and everything would
go dead and stay dead. Never seen that before.
When I looked at the hot lead to the starter I noticed it made a sharp
turn around the back corner of the starter body near where it connects
to the starter. It wasn't visible from where I was looking but I had a
hunch that maybe the insulation on the lead had worn off in the last
week or so of driving causing it to short out to the starter body.
Pulled the wire away from the starter body and it started right up
without a problem.
That made me very happy.
Robert
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