[Spridgets] Diagnostic question

[Hal Faulkner]

Pete,
1. Battery.
2. Battery cables.
3. Starter.

Since you already said it has had a weak battery, that would be the first
thing to check.  Do you have another battery you can switch out to check?
Jumper cables?
If the battery cables are corroded they can exhibit quite a bit of
resistance, when you pull the starter button Ohm"s Law comes into play and
you drop so much voltage across the cables that it won't turn over.  Jumper
cables will probably NOT work if this is the problem.
If it's not the battery or the cables then I would suspect the starter.
Take out and take it to your FLAPS and have them check it.
Hal

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Pboser Yahoo via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> My 59 Bugeye spends most of the time in the garage, but I periodically get
> to drag it out. Although it has had a weak battery, it usually charges up
> and comes to life. However, I am having a starter problem and I'm looking
> for help to diagnose it.
> First of all, be aware that the car will run start and run fine if I push
> start it.
> However, when I pull on the starter knob, the gas gauge goes to zero but
> the starter doesn't function.
> Any thoughts on diagnosing the problem? I'm getting tired of push-
> starting! It's too flat around here!
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
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