Roman,
The moral of the story is this: Your Roadster may leave you stranded but
she will never leave you for another man.
Good luck
Charlie Breault
Roman Rist wrote:
> List,
> Here is a long sad tale about a man and his machine with a happy
> ending. two weeks ago today, my girl, the love of my life, walks out
> into the arms of another man. the next morning, to console myself I go
> out to get the spinners for my slotted mags I've been wanting so long.
> I park the car only to find out that it will start no more. Great, what
> next. the ammeter on the 66 starts doing this wild left and right dance
> and then just pegs hard left any time I turn the key.
> I inspect. No visable wiring damage at all! In a panic I call Les at
> CDM
> He tells me I must have a hard short in the starter solenoid and briefs
> me on the hazards of melting my wiring and frying my ammeter. Great,
> what next. Committed, I have my spinners installed to at least have
> something good come from the day.
> I push start her and get her home. Now I have new spinners.(shiney
> chrome) But no running roadster (70 needs starter also, 68 is parts
> car,67.5 is held hostage in body shop) and a now empty home. Great,
> what next. Oh well, X files is on. watch tv, go to bed.
> I decided to pull the starter and get it fixed Monday.
> Meanwhile I'm dealing with all this domestic crap.
> Monday comes Victor Laury says check if the triangle on the body is cut
> out. great! it is! but the starter won't come out. It won't clear the
> header. Great, what next. more tv, more domestic crap.
> A long time ago I took out a 66 starter on a car with header and I
> remember disconnecting the header, moving it a bit and pulling the
> starter quite easily. no such luck today. the hell with it. more tv,
> more domestic crap. the hell with the car right now, I,ve got to work
> make money and deal with domestic crap.
> Finally this week, I decided, my baby may never come back, but at least
> my roadster will!
> I pull the carbs, pull the intake manifold, pull the header only to
> discover I could have gotten the header loose without taking every
> thing else off. But now I have a clean shot at the starter and a chance
> to clean. I checked the starter and there was nothing wrong with it at
> all!
> Great, what next. gave up, more work, more tv, more domestic crap.
> next day I applied Victor's philosophy, If you cant drive it or fix it
> clean it. I FOUND WHAT WAS WRONG!! the short harness from the starter
> to the main harness had a raw wire not melted but worn through like a
> rat had chewed on it. well, knowing that I had no rats living in my
> engine compartment, I looked for the source. the wire had been rubbing
> against the heat sheild until it wore through and shorted out. success!
> the rat had been found. I repaired the wires, taped and taped and
> taped, put the starter back in and now it worked.
> I cleaned everything and repainted the header and the heat sheild.
> now the car runs better than ever because I cleaned the carbs really
> well. It looks better as well. I went to a lot of trouble to fix a
> really simple thing, but I would not have found the problem had I not
> taken everything apart. So, my baby is still gone but my other baby is
> back.
> The moral of the story is this; A cut out triangle on a car with a
> header and a long starter is useless, and a shitty life is better when
> your roadster is running
>
> Roman
> SoCalRoc
>
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