I took the Bugeye out around Annapolis Circle (the street I live
on) today because it was in the 70s and I have it finished enough to try
and work out some of the bugs and loosen things up so they work
properly. Annapolis Circle is a private street so it's O.K. to drive
the Bugeye on it since it's not registered yet. Actually put 4 miles on
it today. I know because I figured it was time to connect the rebuilt
speedo. The car is mechanically just about finished and the breaking in
can commence.
Well, my problem is, when I pull the starter cable, it gets red
hot! I already snapped off one cable at the starter switch (solenoid,
if you prefer) because the cable got so hot, it weakened it where it
enters the connector at the switch. I suspect, this is where it is
getting hottest. Has anyone heard of one of these solenoids getting hot
when contact is made by pulling on it? Or am I grounding the starter
through the cable? I hope someone has an idea. I'm tired of going to
the bicycle shop to get cable and re silver soldering it to my pull
knob. I've got enough things to do on this car.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
P.S. Oh, yeah. Of course the top was down, but that's not out of place
around here anytime of the year.
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