[Healeys] Fw: volt drop

Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd enquiries at classic-car-world.co.uk
Mon Aug 8 11:01:49 MDT 2011


Voltage drop is usually associated with high resistance joints rather than 
the cable itself. Have you checked and cleaned all of the connections to the 
battery, starter solenoid etc? Dirty or loose connections would give the 
same symptoms.

 Kindest Regards

 Tom
Tom McCay - Director, CCW-Tools, a division of Classic-Car-World Ltd, 32
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: gardner5 at comcast.net
>> To: "Jean Caron" <vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
>> Sent: Monday, August 8, 2011 7:43:19 AM
>> Subject: [Healeys] volt drop
>>
>> Have a 2 volt- drop detected between battery and starter, so cranking is
>> weak.B I'd thought that I'd already eliminated grounding etc. through 
>> visual
>> investigation , so I figured it that it was the starter armature and 
>> therefore
>> had the starter rebuilt.B Installed the rebuilt starter, and still have a 
>> 2
>> volt-drop.B Now I'm considering replacing the cable from the battery to 
>> the
>> starter with a larger diameter.B Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> BN2
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