[Spridgets] Diagnostic question

[rrengineer.mike]

Try the simple things first.  Clean the posts on the battery and the cable connectors, charge the battery overnight on one of those float chargers. Simply driving the car will not bring it back up all the way.  If the problem persists, clean all connections to the starter on both ends and try again, THEN you can think about the starter as the culprit. At this point, pull the starter and put 12 volts directly to it with jumper cables.  If she spins up, your battery is probably crap.  Or, get the battery tested first.  I have found 75 to 80% of the time corrosion on the battery terminals cause this kind of symptoms.Mike MacLean.


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From: Pboser Yahoo via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> 
Date: 7/2/2016  12:22 PM  (GMT-08:00) 
To: spridgets at autox.team.net 
Subject: [Spridgets] Diagnostic question 

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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