I knew that was the problem. I was just waiting to see if anybody else would
get it right. (heh-heh!)
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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In a message dated 2/7/01 4:30:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
macleans@earthlink.net writes:
> Gerard thought
> the switch was grounding when the starter was pulled. Gerard suspected
> the connection post of the starter was twisted internally and
> contacting the case of the starter grounding the circuit. After
> reconnecting the cable from the starter switch to the starter by looking
> at the sequence of washers, lockwashers, fiber washers and nuts on an
> original factory exploded drawing sent by Gerard, the cable now was
> much farther away from the case of the starter than before. Another
> problem was the inspection band that covers the openings in the starter
> case for access to the carbon brush springs was very close to the metal
> connector on the cable right where the inspection band clamping screw
> drew it together. The cable must have been shorting to ground with the
> combination of the inspection band clamping screw being close to the
> cable and having only one brass nut and one fiber washer holding the
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