Summertime blues?
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
Summertime blues?
Anyone else have this problem with the starter getting too hot and then refusing to start within the next 2 hours or so? Or is that just on BB's?
#2
Le Mans Master
Check all your cables- the short negative cable from the battery to the frame, then the one from the frame to the block. Connections should be clean and tight. Might also check the resistance of the cables- they can corrode internally and you can't see it. Drives the resistance way up.
Starter may be the problem too- easy to pull it and get it tested. Or rebuilt.
Starter may be the problem too- easy to pull it and get it tested. Or rebuilt.
#3
Racer
Thread Starter
Check all your cables- the short negative cable from the battery to the frame, then the one from the frame to the block. Connections should be clean and tight. Might also check the resistance of the cables- they can corrode internally and you can't see it. Drives the resistance way up.
Starter may be the problem too- easy to pull it and get it tested. Or rebuilt.
Starter may be the problem too- easy to pull it and get it tested. Or rebuilt.
#4
These old style starters do not like heat. (Actually, it's the solenoid).
BBC with headers are the worst.
Install a heat shield, or a good quality mini-starter.
They are just no fun when they are unreliable.
BBC with headers are the worst.
Install a heat shield, or a good quality mini-starter.
They are just no fun when they are unreliable.
#5
Racer
Thread Starter
Are those difficult (mini starters) to get the teeth aligned to engage properly sometimes? i had a little trouble with that.
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Take that lousy 2-gauge aluminum block-to-frame ground cable off and replace it with a quality 4-gauge copper cable with copper eyes. To save 25 cents per car G.M. started using aluminum cables with aluminum eyes; not realizing after about 20 years corrosion would build up inside the eyes and cause massive resistance (no crank when hot).
#8
Racer
Thread Starter
Take that lousy 2-gauge aluminum block-to-frame ground cable off and replace it with a quality 4-gauge copper cable with copper eyes. To save 25 cents per car G.M. started using aluminum cables with aluminum eyes; not realizing after about 20 years corrosion would build up inside the eyes and cause massive resistance (no crank when hot).
#9
Racer
Thread Starter
I guess it's just the combo of having a hot solenoid and a battery that's withered from all the summer heat and short trips.
#11
Race Director
Take that lousy 2-gauge aluminum block-to-frame ground cable off and replace it with a quality 4-gauge copper cable with copper eyes. To save 25 cents per car G.M. started using aluminum cables with aluminum eyes; not realizing after about 20 years corrosion would build up inside the eyes and cause massive resistance (no crank when hot).