Philip,
before you buy a starter, I make SURE it's not the battery. Swap in a
battery from a modern car in your driveway, or use jumper cables.
The headlight test doesn't always tell you that your battery is good.
Connect the (-) of the jumper cables directly to the engine, not the
battery to take the ground wire out of the loop.
Ulix
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Philip Hubbard wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied about my starter and where to get one. Seems Kar
> Parts can order one for under $50 with my trade in. Sounds good, but there
> is one more thing I'm going to check before ordering.
>
> Looking for broken connections, groundings, etc. I found this - very badly
> frayed and nearly broken connection to the coil. Would this cause my
> problem which is that the car starts to turn over when I turn the ignition
> and then comes to a halt a few seconds later? Sounds kind of like dead
> battery, but when turn the lights on they come on bright and stay that way.
> They don't fade down.
>
> In any case, I've got to fix the coil connection. Hope Radio Shack can
> supply a suitable connector as there is one in the Port Authority Bus
> Terminal where I commmute into NYC everyday.
>
> Philip
>
Ulix __/__,__
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