Sounds like a short. There is possibly a drain.
You can remove the negative battery wire, then check the voltage between the
negative connection on the wire and the negative terminal with the ignition
off and key removed. There should be 0 volts. If you see a voltage
difference there is definitely a short. That would be a start. A rare
problem could be a bad battery wire, but depending on the age of the car you
never know.
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephane St-Amant [mailto:steph71tr6@crosswinds.net]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 10:05 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Smokin' !!! (Once again, long!)
Ok everyone,
First off, I would like to thank everyone who helped with my bad
generator/control
box/dying engine problem. I still haven't resolved the problem yet but here
are the latest developments.
Yesterday evening, I set out to clean all the connectors on the generator
(turned
out that one of the wires was almost cut in two!), the control box and the
terminals
at the battery. Also, I took the generator off and cleaned all the mounting
points to make sure I had good ground.
Put everything back together and turn the key. All I heard was a click
(from
the solenoid) but the starter didn't turn. So, my thought was that after
all
the electrical probs I had recently, the battery was too low. So I decided
to charge the battery for a few hours.
This morning, hoping to take the car to work and enjoy the beautifull
weather,
I go in the car, and try to start it... Click again but nothing else.
Battery
dead? Decided to boost with the Honda. Still, only a click. Check the
battery
voltage 12 volts (14volts while being boosted). Check voltage at between
the
negative terminal of the battery and the solenoid terminal that goes to the
starter: 8 volts?!? After spraying some WD-40 (to remove humidity) and
tried
to start again, same click but also smoke from the solenoid! The WD-40 was
burning off!!!
Question is, is this one way solenoids die or do I have ground problem
somewhere?
Could the cleaning of the connection now let all the "juice" available go
through
and the old solenoid cna't take that much power anymore? I'm I totally lost
in left field?
Also, I noticed that the ignition light doesn't come on when I turn the key
to the ON position like it should do.
Any thoughts?
Thanks again folks
Stef
'69 Spit - Currently attacked buy very vicious gremlins!!!
'71 TR6 - What? I have a TR6? Where? Oh yeah! Under all the boxes!!!
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