[tcb] Re: Sparky

  • From: "Ronnie Hughes" <y4s6wd5@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:40:16 -0500

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
>
>
>



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