here ya go...
richard bonilla
2912 lake hollow road
berthoud, colorado 80513
what are you going to ship me? a different gauge cable?..
thanx..
richard / colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Smith" <CraigS@iewc.com>
To: "'richard bonilla'" <richard@bonilla.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: 79 spit starter meltdown..?
> The amperage is the a cause of heat.
> Give me a UPS-able address and we can fix that problem REAL quick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard bonilla [mailto:richard@bonilla.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: Craig Smith
> Subject: Re: 79 spit starter meltdown..?
>
>
> i'll take a look......it says
> "4 gauge - SAE Plus"...
>
> too small?...6 min?
> would this cause a meltdown?...i guess the heat
> would build up much quicker in a smaller gauge
> wire...right?...thanx..
>
>
> richard / colorado
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Smith" <CraigS@iewc.com>
> To: "'richard bonilla'" <richard@bonilla.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:09 AM
> Subject: RE: 79 spit starter meltdown..?
>
>
> > Richard,
> > What is the diameter of the wire ?
> > You might need a larger guage of wire.
> > If I'm not mistaken the original OEM size was a 6 awg.
> > If it's roughly .315 OD it's a 6 awg, .360 for a 4 awg.
> > I can fix that cable problem real quick !
> > A SGX 2 awg @ .440 OD will do the trick.
> > The only problem is the lugs.
> > The lugs need to be squeezed on with an installation tools.
> > The wire is cheap !
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: richard bonilla [mailto:richard@bonilla.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:42 AM
> > To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: 79 spit starter meltdown..?
> >
> >
> >
> > for the second time, it three years, i have managed to
> > meltdown my starter "hot wire post"...the starter won't function,
> > the post itslef is all loose, the starter got hot and "smoked
> > for a bit"....then died...is it just burnning up from starting
> > again and again?...what is the max number of seconds
> > to "run the starter"?...are these starters defective...or am
> > i just over using them?...i was running the starter hard,
> > as i was trying to start the spit in the co cold...i think i
> > had flooded it, or i am having some carb / flaot level problems...
> > anyway..i had been running the starter for say, 10 seconds at
> > a time...anyone else have an opinion on this??
> >
> > thanx..
> >
> > richard / colorado / 79 spit
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