Starter on a 74?
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From: roscoe il.
Starter on a 74?
I got a a 74 with hooker side pipes. When i start the car when its cold it starts fine. when i drive it for a run and turn it off and run into the store, go to start it. it turns over a little slower. Is the starter just getting hot from the headers or is it going bad? thanks for your in put..
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I got a a 74 with hooker side pipes. When i start the car when its cold it starts fine. when i drive it for a run and turn it off and run into the store, go to start it. it turns over a little slower. Is the starter just getting hot from the headers or is it going bad? thanks for your in put..
I would say neither, until you show evidence of a strong battery and clean the ground on the trasmission crossmember....
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I hate to be nit picky and I do respect your posts but you have said the ground on the transmission cross member a few times. The battery ground which I assume you are talking about goes to the cross member that the differential is connected to not the transmission cross member. At leas tit does on the C3s I have worked on. Correct me if I'm wrong on this.
right under the battery was bad and I knew the battery or starter was not the problem as we sell the absolute 'best' available anywhere....The car sat dormite in my warehouse for over 35 years and simply cleaniing the ground fixed it...
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Here is the cable you can see on a 72. It is bolted into the frame about 12 inches from centerline. This is where I have always seen them from a 71 and later that I can remember, and I can't remember much these days.
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From: roscoe il.
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Ok, no problem, I`ll except that. One of my employees was working on the negative cable and solved the problem then pointed to what I thought was the cross member. I was never physically under the car...Where 'exactly is it mounted or do I have to get it back on the hoist to find it....its the Yellow 1968 coupe and I would never think 'differential .
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Ok, no problem, I`ll except that. One of my employees was working on the negative cable and solved the problem then pointed to what I thought was the cross member. I was never physically under the car...Where 'exactly is it mounted or do I have to get it back on the hoist to find it....its the Yellow 1968 coupe and I would never think 'differential .
As I've said before- "parts counter guys" , "you gotta love em".
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Thats right by the brake line, oh well I was close. At least you knew what I was referring to.....better then most....
BTW, I was rarely behind the counter, more often playing with my toys....
BTW, I was rarely behind the counter, more often playing with my toys....
