Phil,
Read your description again. the spade lug on the starter uses only a
short wire to jump to the lug on the starter.
Gerard
On May 26, 2012, at 11:00 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 07:15:53 -0400
> From: Philip Nase <nases@verizon.net>
> To: "Spridgets@autox.team. Net net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Spridgets] Bugeye starter switch problem
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> Kevin and I fired my new engine for the first time yesterday and had
> the usual
> few problems to fix but still have one we didn't diagnose.
> I have the starter switch repro part in the engine bay. It's the
> simple pull
> the cable to active the starter one. When pulling the starter cable
> I get a
> small spark and a puff of smoke at the starter switch cable
> attachment.
> Nothing else seems to be affected. I have the battery on one post
> of the
> switch and the GR starter to the lower post.
> The GR starter has one spade connector and a heavy cable to it on
> separate
> terminals but I have both of them connected to the same location on
> the
> starter switch. Is this wrong?
> Any ideas. Engine is grounded from the backplate to the chassis.
> Thanks for
> any thoughts.
>
>
> Phil Nase
> Quakertown, PA
> http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
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