never starts on first try....
Racer
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Triangle Area NC
Inductors and capacitors both take time to charge. Two seconds is an eternity UNLESS there's a large series resistor limiting the current into the L or the C. That's the only electronic reason I can think of to wait 2 seconds.
Unless there's vacuum tubes in there that need some time for the filament to start boiling off electrons :-)
John
Unless there's vacuum tubes in there that need some time for the filament to start boiling off electrons :-)
John
Drifting
Joined: May 2006
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From: Circleville Ohio
Vader vette
Ok, I started it cold, drove to the hardware store, came out and started it hot. Both times I turned the key on, buckled my seatbelt and then started the engine. Both times it fired right up. NO Problem!! But now I'm worried about all that extra juice and where it's going.................
Race Director
Joined: May 2006
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From: Dayton, Ohio
Inductors and capacitors both take time to charge. Two seconds is an eternity UNLESS there's a large series resistor limiting the current into the L or the C. That's the only electronic reason I can think of to wait 2 seconds.
Unless there's vacuum tubes in there that need some time for the filament to start boiling off electrons :-)
John
Unless there's vacuum tubes in there that need some time for the filament to start boiling off electrons :-)
John
Would that make more sense ?
Race Director
Joined: May 2006
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From: Dayton, Ohio
Ok, I started it cold, drove to the hardware store, came out and started it hot. Both times I turned the key on, buckled my seatbelt and then started the engine. Both times it fired right up. NO Problem!! But now I'm worried about all that extra juice and where it's going.................
Do you guys still have the yellow wire coming from the R term on the solenoid hooked up to the coil ?
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Sonora CA
On the coil, there is a black wire and a brown wire connected to the positive side. The brown wire is covered by a white braided jacket. Both of these wires dissapear into a wiring harness. A red module in the distributor has a red and black wire, the red wire is on the positive side of the coil and the black wire is on the negitive side. Right above the red module is a black disk attached to the rotor. Don't see any yellow wire and the harness is the original factory. I have started the car a couple more times, (using the "2 second" method) and it has fired right up every time.
This is a stock L-48 BTW
This is a stock L-48 BTW
Last edited by imariver; May 28, 2011 at 09:22 PM.
