Re: New Starter

[Pete & Caroline Phillips <phillipp@cfw.com>]

Ulix Goettsch wrote:
> 
> 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

Careful with that jumper cable thing. Don't use jumper cables on a
positive ground car from a negative ground car. Years ago I trashed an
alternator on my 63 T-Bird to get my Bugeye started.

Pete Phillips
61 Bugeye
63 T-Bird

Seems like I don't sell anything