Re: 8N won't start
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Posted by Gerald on October 27, 1998 at 11:41:33:
In Reply to: 8N won't start posted by Steve on October 27, 1998 at 09:31:34:
: Bought it in May and replaced battery and solenoid immediately. Has always been hard starting when hot, but now just "clicks". Alternator and starter both rebuilt; belt and belt tension seem to be fine. Such a simple igntion system, but I must be missing something? Before you waste a lot of time trouble shooting, check and clean the battery connections. Check them by turning on the lights or attaching a light, but not directly to the battery. Then with the light on, try to start. If the problem is a battery connection as I generally find, the light will go out at the click and return when you release the start switch. Every time a battery operated starter clicks for me (had that twice last Thursday) its been either a bad (e.g. nearly dead) battery or battery connection. Then I get out the battery post cleaning brush and brighten up the post AND the lug on the battery wire and I get vroom instead of click. The modern battery unless sealed all over, isn't sealed at the post. So the connections are constantly bathed in sulfuric acid fumes which leads to corrosion. I think the next battery I get is going to get sealed around the posts with black jack since fancier things like epoxy or silicone seal hasn't helped. A starter has to pull several hundred amps from a battery, so a connection that will run lights still won't crank the engine over. I had an 8N and I recall it wasn't great on starting until I took the starter to the local automotive electric shop and had new bearings and brushes installed. Then it cranked fine on 6 volts. Gerald
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