it's the solenoid! the pull cable should have no current through it. if it
were a bad ground it would heat up the throttlecable or the spedo cable or
the choke cable. but, the starter pull cable should have no current
passing through it at all. if it does that means the solenoid has an
internal short to the center lug that the pull cable attaches to , and the
short only makes contact when you pull the cable using the dash as it's
ground end to complete the circut. time for a new solenoid!
chuck.
----- Original Message -----
From Mike Maclean <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:08 AM
Subject: Burning issue.
> I'm at wit's end over this starter pull cable. It gets hot enough to
> change the temper of the metal cable and make it very brittle. After a
> couple dozen pulls to start the car it snaps off right at the connector
> that connects to the starter switch. I initially thought it was a bad
> ground. I changed the position of the ground from the bell housing bolt
> on the trans to the clutch slave cylinder. Still hot. My friend that
> sold me the car helps me work on it when I have a difficult problem and
> he encountered the same problem with it when he tried to start it and
> snapped the cable off again. He applied a huge jumper cable from an
> engine mounting bolt on the engine side of the rubber and the other end
> of it to the engine mounting bolt for the bracket on the frame, in
> effect another ground (engine to positive ground body). What is
> perplexing is you could pull on the connector (wire snapped off) and it
> was not hot! So, I thought the problem was solved. I stopped at Pep
> Boys on the way home and bought a universal woven copper ground cable
> about 8 inches long.
> Today I installed the ground cable where my friend had the jumper
> cable and sweat silver soldered a new bicycle cable into the starter
> pull button to finish the repair. I just pulled on it a couple of times
> with the ignition off and it got real hot just like before. Huh?
> Is the starter pull cable grounding on the instrument panel? Or, is the
> starter drawing too many amps? Is the small ground strap I just
> installed inadequate for the amount of amps flowing through the
> (defective?) starter? Is the starter solenoid (switch) defective?
> I don't know where to look first. Ahrrrrrrrrrrrg!!!!!!
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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