Yeah, I guess your right. How about you drive down here and I'll pay you $500
if you can figure out what's wrong.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Doug Ingram wrote:
> Ok Mike, It's time for you to give up on this one. There's nothing that's
> going to solve this problem, and the only solution I can see is that I drive
> down there with my trailer and take this lemon of a Sprite off your hands.
> I'm sure we can work out a fair price, say around $500. Salvage value is all
> it's worth, don't you think.
>
> ;)
>
> Doug Ingram
> Victoria BC
> 1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
> 1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 10:59 PM
> Subject: Huh?
>
> > Today I received a new (repro) starter switch for the Bugeye. I was
> > hoping that this would fix my problem with the overheating starter pull
> > wire. I had already rebuilt the starter, so I installed it tonight and
> > pulled the starter pull knob and watched the wire again. Well, guess
> > what boys and girls, it STILL gets hot! The only component left in the
> > starter circuit that is still in question is the negative cable from the
> > battery to the starter switch. I bought the cable from Norman Nock. I
> > was looking for a helmet head battery cable for the negative side.
> > After many calls, Norman's company in Stockton, California said they had
> > a repro. I ordered it and waited. When it arrived the darn thing was
> > too short. I went to the welding supply store and bought a length of
> > matching type cable. I added about 8 inches to the helmet head cable by
> > intertwining the separate wires beneath the outer sheath and sweat
> > soldering the whole mess together. I then just wrapped electrical tape
> > around the area. Not exactly concours, but I thought it would work
> > until I could find a longer replacement.
> > Does the resistance generated by this lousy connection have
> > something to do with the problem? The joint is between the battery and
> > the starter switch, the heat generated in the pull wire is on the other
> > side of the joint. Does that matter?
> > Unless someone tells me that my electrical surgery should not cause
> > a problem, tomorrow I will get a generic battery cable of sufficient
> > length and try again. There isn't much left to replace.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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