[Healeys] Starter electrical problem not solved with new starter. Gremlins?

[Michael Oritt]

Sounds to me like there is something in the ground circuit that is
failing.  Perhaps nothing more than a corroded connection that you are
partially cleaning up when removing the lead which then fails when the load
is appklied.  Try a new heavy cable with clean fittings and go directly
from battery negative to ground, bypassing the shutoff switch.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 5:11 PM Bob Begani via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Listeners:
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> You may recall my comments about the High Torque starter which would go
> zap and cause the entire electrical system to go dead.  My two friends are
> much more knowledgeable than I and could not figure out why.   Eventually I
> discovered if you take off the battery ground and leave it off for a few
> minutes, then reconnect, viola the electrical system comes alive again. The
> fuel pump hums, the lights go on, the horn blows.  Unfortunately, when you
> engage the starter zap goes the starter. We took the starter off the car
> and bench tested it. We tested the positive cable from the battery
> solenoid, the ground, all connections and so on. Same problem.
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> I got a new starter from WOSP and installed it.  Same problem.  The noise
> is always in the starter.
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> We are stumped IDEAS??
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> Bob Begani
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> BJ8 67. .
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