[AT] Starting Problem - Allis B

[charlie hill]

Another thing that gets over looked is the size of battery cables.  A lot of 
folks working on 6 V stuff go to some place like Autozone or Wally World and 
come home with a thin little 12 v cable and wonder why their starter won't 
work right.

Charlie
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>    I would say, it took me from age 20 to 35 to figure out the ground
> was just as important as the positive... ah life's experience
>
> Paul
> North Webster, IN
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Francis
> Robinson
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:27 AM
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> When I worked in auto parts nearly 75% of the ford starters brought in
> for
> replacement worked fine. For many people, I wouldn't be surprised at all
> that the act of replacing the starter(and in the process, scraping new
> contact points where the cable meets the starter) actually fixed the
> problem, not the new starter itself.
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> I have long said that more new batteries are sold as a result of
> a simple
> bad connection than from actual battery failure. Back when I was selling
> batteries (Interstate) in the shop I never had to buy any batteries for
> my
> use. Trade-ins and the batteries we took in for recycling supplied more
> than
> I needed. We even sold some as used batteries if they would pass a
> number of
> test and hold a full charge while sitting on a shelf for several weeks.
> There is a big market for a good sound used battery for about $20.
> I keep telling people that there are 2 conductors to a vehicles
> electrical
> system. One is the wire and the other is the frame/chassis etc. Both are
> necessary and of equal importance. You can have a perfect wire the size
> of
> your wrist but if the connections through the frame/castings etc. are
> not
> good the wire is useless.
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> The brave may not live forever but the easily frightened may never live
> at
> all.
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
>
>
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