[Spridgets] Pull start..

[Michael MacLean]

Yes, red faced and all.
M

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:38 PM Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:

> 
> Woohoo!  You got it fixed.  👍
>
> On Jan 31, 2022, at 5:29 PM, Michael MacLean <springer.mike51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> 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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