[Spridgets] Pull start..

Mon Jan 31 15:29:18 MST 2022

OK.  Let me put this to rest.  Apparently 19 1/2 inches is correct.  I can
admit when I am wrong, but with an explanation.  Of the multitude.  I mean,
how can you screw up two holes you just pulled something out of and a
direct route to the solenoid from the firewall.   Of the multiple times I
installed and reinstalled this reproduction cable it came out too short.  I
know the routing of the cable through the dash and firewall was correct.
So, when Rick came up with the measurement of an original cable of the same
as the reproduction, I went out to the car in the garage to see if I had
made a basic mistake from the beginning.  In reality, I had not, but for
some reason this last time I re-installed the connection I installed the
wire first into the connector, then slid it over the shaft of the
solenoid.  I was completely dumbfounded when it slid over the shaft and
stopped when I ran out of slack!  I cannot explain it, but every time I
installed it prior to this I installed the connector to the shaft  first,
then tried to slip the cable into the connector. By reversing that
sequence, it fits!  What the heck?  Sorry to get everyone worked up over
this today, but I have been struggling with this since yesterday.  Still
looking to buy an original cable though.  The engraving is not exactly the
same.  Well, I had to find something wrong with it, didn't I?
Mike M

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 1:32 PM Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Look closely at the photo.  The cable doesn't quite make it to 19 1/2" in
> the photo, but it does if you straighten out the cable.  I couldn't hold
> the cable and take the photo at the same time.  This cable was installed on
> my car when I bought it in 1968, so I'm pretty sure it's the original
> starter cable.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2022, at 4:24 PM, Michael MacLean <springer.mike51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> 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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