Thanks, I was sure it was electrical somewhere, but I didn't know where to start. Ha, how about the starter! That sounds like a good Monday night football project out in the garage. Thanks, Ronnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 9:32 PM Subject: [tcb] Sparky > On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:14:53 -0500 Ronnie Hughes <y4s6wd5@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Sparky gave us a little scare on the way home. On the long bridge on > > Hwy 36 about 30 miles out of Temple, we were cruising along and > > everything went dead for about 1 second. I thought great, on a bridge, > > cars behind us and no place to pull over. But, it picked right back up > > and never another hiccup for another 130 miles. Even took my daughter > > to choir practice tonight in Sparky and no problems. That was the > > quickest answer to a prayer I've seen. > > > > Ronnie & Renae > > > Now, before it does decide to quit in traffic, crawl under and check the > tightness of the connections on your starter and battery. Mainly the big > post on the starter solenoid. > > My '74 would do that every once in a while. One day on the way to work it > quit completely. Tugging on the battery positive cable got it going again, > for a little while. That last 20 miles was a bear <grin>. > > When I figured out what it was it was too late. The bakelite endcap on the > solenoid cracked into pieces when I tried to tighten the connection up. It > had been made brittle by the constant heat and sparking from the loose > connection. > > Gerald > > >