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

[Michael MacLean]

Nothing wrong with a rebuilt original starter.
Mike MacLean

On Mon, Apr 4, 2022, 2:21 PM Michael Oritt via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 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??
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Begani
>>
>> BJ8 67. .
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