Posted by Dave H (MI) on April 18, 2008 at 11:57:56 from (64.12.116.73):
Could not get this old girl to fire this AM. I put her in last cause she's such a good runner. Had to push her out a few feet just to get at things. Charged up the battery last night and today I checked for spark....nope! Pulled the center wire off the distributor and checked the spark at the coil...nope! Got Dad's old Simpson meter out and started runnin continuity and found the wire from the starter to the meter was not getting the job done. Have no replacement handy so I pulled it off and cleaned the connections and got a lesson on how (NOT) to reconnect a starter....so I disconnected the ground and tried again WITHOUT the sparks and smoke....and rechecked my continuity. NOW I was getting some power on both sides of my lovely new (starting to malfunction) switch and at the coil. Checked the shifter for neutral one more time and fired her to life. Shut her off, pushed her out in the sun and put her all back together and went for a spin. I said it before and I say it again...you guys are great teachers!!!
Going to replace that bad wire here pretty quick when I wire up those ebay lights I bought over the winter. Then on to another project...got two in the wings.
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