[Healeys] Starter electrical issues

[Bob Spidell]

The starter balking is understandable--at least, intuitively--but all 
the other electricals ceasing to work isn't (assuming the battery is 
still connected). After all, this isn't a modern car with a PCM, ECU, 
etc; we're just talking copper wire here. My folks' Lincoln would die 
when one of the CoPs would put a voltage spike on its primary lead, 
which would knock the PCM out cold. No such silliness in a Healey.

Just to be contrarian, maybe the starter is causing a dead short, somehow?


On 4/5/2022 4:41 AM, Bob Begani via Healeys wrote:
> Perry, the ground is negative.  From comments made by others am just going to replace the ground strap and with serrated washers so they dig into the metal especially on the frame.  Will keep all advised.
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> Bob
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> From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Perry Small via Healeys
> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 7:32 PM
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> Subject: [Healeys] Starter electrical issues
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> Bob
> Is it possible that the after market high torque starter that you are using is set up for negative ground only? For a contact type starter like the original Lucas, it doesn’t care but perhaps your replacement unit has protection built in.
> P
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