Summertime blues?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Gladstone MO
C3 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
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.
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: Charlotte NC
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.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2006
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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.
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: Charlotte NC
Are those difficult (mini starters) to get the teeth aligned to engage properly sometimes? i had a little trouble with that.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Great Plains Iowa
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).
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 429
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From: Charlotte NC
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).
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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).