[Spridgets] voltage blues

Linda Grunthaner grunthaner at gmail.com
Sun Apr 19 13:13:05 MDT 2015


Michael,
I'm not sure of your question but I had a similar problem and pulled the
starter out and bench tested it using another battery to see if it was
working. It was not so I bench tested 2 other starters and found one that
engaged properly and used it.
Hope that helps,
Lin

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

>  The Bugeyed Midget (1275) is running flawlessly, but struggling to turn
> over.  I cleaned up all the starter connections (one was a little loose)
> with no change.  I jumped the battery to another car not running, with no
> change.  I started the other car, and the additional voltage did the
> trick.  Where am I loosing voltage -  the solenoid?  Can the starter,
> itself, loose voltage internally?  Is it safe to jump the starter directly
> to the battery?
>
> Michael Rowe
> '74 Bugeyed  Midget
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