Ray,
Poor grounding is very often the cause of electrical problems. I would
check the battery ground cable first; make sure it's got a good connection
to the chassis. If you have a voltmeter, it can help you isolate the
problem. Measure the voltage between the positive and negative battery
terminals and then see what it does when you hit the starter. It should
start out at about 13.2V and drop to maybe 8-10V when you activate the
starter. If it doesn't drop much, then you have a bad connection somewhere
in the circuit. On the other hand, if it drops a lot more than this, then
the battery itself is bad (high internal resistance). Assuming the battery
looks good, then start hunting for where the high resistance connection is
in the circuit by checking voltages when you hit the starter. I won't give
you a detailed procedure, but the idea is that the voltage should be about
the same across the battery terminals and across the starter if the rest of
the circuit has negligible resistance. If the ground strap to the motor is
bad, then you would measure a voltage between the motor and the chassis
while the starter is activated. If this is the case, you will probably
notice that the hydraulic clutch line is getting hot. Could be the problem
is the solenoid switch to starter cable, either itself or the connections.
Again, check the voltage at the solenoid versus at the starter terminal.
>Man, you guys are rough! Just when I thought it would be cool to paint my
>Panasports bright yellow to contrast my black Tiger. Can I keep my Moon Eyes
>decal? I guess those Purple Horney mufflers that Jeg's sells are right out!
On second thought, maybe your car should stay in the garage. ;-)
Good luck,
Bob
At 12:21 PM 7/29/99 -0400, RayKReese@aol.com wrote:
>Lister's: I'm having car trouble this morning with the Tiger. Actually, the
>last couple of days it has been acting as though the (new) Alternator wasn't
>charging. I've kept the battery charger on at night, but this morning it
>would just click and the fuel pump sounds odd. According to the battery
>charger, it has a full charge. All of my connections seem to be clean and
>tight and there was no corrosion beneath the battery terminals. What do you
>think? Starter silinoid? Starter? Voltage regulator? Help, I'm stuck at home!
>
>Ray
>B9473174
Robert L. Palmer
UCSD, Dept. of AMES
619-822-1037 (o)
760-599-9927 (h)
rpalmer@ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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