Mike:
You must have a short in the switch itself, it must be grounding out through
the cable as you suspect. Bad repro switch, perhaps?
Try another switch and see what happens, just wear your oven mitts. :)
Doug Ingram
Victoria BC
1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
----- Original Message -----
From Mike Maclean <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 9:06 PM
Subject: More Electrical Problems!
> 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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