[Spridgets] Pull start..

[Michael MacLean]

Rick seems to me from that picture you might get a little more length if
you straightened out the cable, or am I seeing it wrong?
Mike M

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 12:30 PM Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I measure 19 1/2" from the back of the knob to the tip of the cable.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2022, at 2:39 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> 
> Chuck,
>      I can't tell you exactly.  The original 62 year old cable was cut in
> half when it contacted the negative battery brown wire.  The cable and
> sheath were welded together in each half where it was cut.  I might be able
> to find the pieces, but I threw them away in my shop waste basket in
> disgust.  I would be interested to find out the measurement from the back
> of the black knob to the tip of the braided cable of an original if someone
> has one.  It would be easy to just loosen the set screw and pull it out for
> measurement.  The reproduction measures 19 1/2 inches from the black knob
> where it sits flush against the dash fitting to the tip of the cable.  It
> needs another 1/4 inch to sit in the connector on the starter solenoid and
> flush against the dash with no play.  That also means the connector is
> fully engaged with the shaft on the starter solenoid without being under
> spring tension.  I have made the repro work, but I had to pull the shaft of
> the solenoid out about a 1/4 inch to get good engagement of both the wire
> and the solenoid shaft which means it sits under spring tension at rest.
> Something that was not necessary with the original 62 year old cable. So,
> does anyone have an original cable in or out of the car they would be
> willing to measure?  Of course my offer to buy an original still stands.
> Mike M
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:31 AM crusaderchuck55--- via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Question,
>> I might have missed this so I shall ask..
>> When physically laying old ( in spite of a slight bit of trying?) Cable
>> next to the new one , how much difference is there in the shielding length
>> and actual cable length?
>> Reason I ask is this is bringing back something I kinda/sorta remember
>> from my Bugeye when it was reassembled over 25 years ago??
>> Chuck
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