In a message dated 05/18/2004 9:33:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kinderlehrer@comcast.net writes:
> If it's the original starter and the car is a '58 TR3A, I doubt the "65"
> means 1965.
>>>By "original", I meant as I originally bought it. Not nessesarily
"original" as in "originality".
your original starter was > most likely a "bullet" nosed one.
>>>Yes it is.
I would recommend some more testing
Is it safe to assume you have > checked the battery and that is strong?
>>>Battery seems fine. I put a charger on it and it didn't need a charge.
If so, you may have a bad cable > going to the starter. Try a pair of jumper
> cables, attach one directly from the positve terminal on the battery to the
> stud on the starter. Attach the other to the negative terminal on the battery
> and touch it to ground (you do
> have negative ground, right?).
>>>Positive ground, so I guess just reverse of the above. Haven't tried this
yet, maybe tomorrow. >
>
Thanks & Best Regards,
Ed
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