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Post by steve on Jun 22, 2015 17:32:40 GMT -5
You need to hook the battery ground to the valve cover. Run a wire from the same spot on the valve cover to the frame. then, run a ground from that spot on the frame to another bolt on the engine. As close to the starter as possible. Optimal would be to one of the bolts that attaches the starter.Do that, then report the results.
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Post by geh3333 on Jun 22, 2015 23:51:58 GMT -5
You need to hook the battery ground to the valve cover. Run a wire from the same spot on the valve cover to the frame. then, run a ground from that spot on the frame to another bolt on the engine. As close to the starter as possible. Do that, then report the results. The only grounds I have are to the valve cover and to the frame. |
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Post by steve on Jun 23, 2015 7:40:56 GMT -5
You need to hook the battery ground to the valve cover. Run a wire from the same spot on the valve cover to the frame. then, run a ground from that spot on the frame to another bolt on the engine. As close to the starter as possible. Do that, then report the results. The only grounds I have are to the valve cover and to the frame. Yeah, some, maybe most?, only have that, and it is fine. Mine has another ground wire going from the frame to one of the bolts that attaches the starter. It seems that his engine ground has lost continuity somewhere, which is why he can't get the starter to work. Maybe the gaskets? So, I would recommend he runs a wire from the frame to a spot close to the starter, or ideally to one of the bolts that attaches the starter. |
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Post by steve on Jun 23, 2015 15:10:47 GMT -5
Turn your starter over for 5 seconds, then feel that wire that goes from the battery to the frame. It's hot! I'm not sure if "negative current" is the right term for the current that flows through the ground wire, but there is a lot of current that must flow through the ground wire when you turn your starter. 10 gauge is not a big enough wire, or it would not get hot. There must be a very solid ground going to that starter motor, or it won't turn.
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Post by neukom720 on Jun 24, 2015 17:15:58 GMT -5
Bought it with a shot battery that wouldn't take a charge and the kid stripped the kick start trying to start something with next to no compression lol and battery has almost 13 volts btw
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