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Intermittent starter issues... |
SKL1 |
Mar 26 2017, 03:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,597 Joined: 19-February 11 From: north Scottsdale Member No.: 12,732 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Noticed recently the starter acting up on my '73. I have the stronger starter (can't remember where I got it as it's been a few years, but the same one on my '71 I got from Alan Johnson Racing way back when) and every so often I just get the "click" with no start- sometimes when cold, ocassionally when warm.
In the old days (and I mean really old days, back in the '70's) when that happened you'd hit the solenoid with a hammer and that would take care of it. This starter is probably 5-6 years old, but used pretty sparingly... now I'm a little nervous to take it somewhere if I'm not on a hill! Eventually it will start but seems pretty unpredictable. Any ideas??? |
SKL1 |
Apr 22 2017, 06:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,597 Joined: 19-February 11 From: north Scottsdale Member No.: 12,732 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
OK, I'm wiring this thing up and don't want to fry anything. Looking at my set up, the big red wire from the battery AND the slightly smaller red wire from the wiring loom go to one of the big studs on the Ford part, correct?
Then a big red wire goes from the other big stud on the Ford part to the starter along with the big wire from the battery. Then the yellow ignition wire goes on the little stud? |
Spoke |
Apr 22 2017, 10:22 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,972 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
OK, I'm wiring this thing up and don't want to fry anything. Looking at my set up, the big red wire from the battery AND the slightly smaller red wire from the wiring loom go to one of the big studs on the Ford part, correct? Then a big red wire goes from the other big stud on the Ford part to the starter along with the big wire from the battery. Then the yellow ignition wire goes on the little stud? It's hard to say which wires go where since several schematics were shown on the previous page. Which one are you following? Please re-post the schematic you're following. The schematic is your connection guide. Follow your schematic and you will complete the installation correctly. Make a paper copy of your schematic and as you make connections, trace the wires out on the schematic with a colored pen/pencil/crayon so you know you've made that connection. When all wires are colored in then you are done. The heavy wire to from the battery must go directly to the starter, not the relay. This wire is the most crucial wire for the starter to have maximum power transfer. A wire the size of the wire going to the bendix can be run from the battery cable at the starter to the relay. The relay current in the bendix should be relatively low (less than 10A) whereas the starter current could be 100 to 200+ amps. As Mark mentioned, something about this installation seems to be overly complicated for a relatively simple modification. |
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