Ok list... here is my confession... I hope we all laughed with the
fellow lister who forgot to gas his vehicle.. because.. no to gas..
you know there is a reason for a wire being longer than one would
expect if it has to GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SOMETHING! Like a
starter!.. butthead me tried to put one wire on one side and the other
one to the other like it was supposed to be... while kicking myself
and staring at it and looking at the pic in the manual something did
not look right...
yes both wires go to the connector on the far side of the switch..
bless them forgiving MV's. Nothing cept a battery connection got
fried.
That purring you cannot hear next to the garage is the beast running
fine. Oh by the way you know that oil filter can.. you really do
have to screw it down ALL the way..now my new starter switch looks
like the old one...
Thanks in advance again.
Have a good weekend.
Daryl
M-37 now working
M-38A1 not yet working.
> >
> >Well I got the new starter switch put on and changed the oil,
charged
> >the batteries and felt ready to go....turned the switch to on
nothing
> >moved off the red..
> >Off/On same thing.
> >
> >Thought ok let's just press the starter for grins... well the
outboard +
> >battery terminal emitted this loud zorch with smoke effect,,,off
the
> >starter, clean shorts... look at terminal.... yep melted 1/3 of the
> >post. I did have this connector pull off when I took the charger
off..
> >re-applied and thought I tightened it.
> >
> >All wires were re-applied to proper connector on the switch.. there
are
> >only two and one don't reach to the far side.
> >
> >The only thing that is different is the reserve unit that had this
> >tapped a single lead off the inboard + to power a 12volt heater
blower.
> >This lead I did not re-connect as I intend to remove the blower and
a
> >learned MVer indicated that this arragement could un-balance the
> >batteries.
> >
> >I has some popin' last year from the termainals.. cleaned reapplied
all
> >was ok.
> >
> >1. Could I have left a gap and goo in the space between the post
and
> >terminal to cause it to zorch?
> >
> >2. Did I cause a short somewhere? (Of course retorical question of
> >sorts)
> >
> >2a. If so any hints where??
> >
> >any hints/suggestions always helpful.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Daryl
> >
> >
>
> Start with the obvious first even if you think it might be right
double
> check because sometimes what you think is right or what you think
you have
> done is right isn't for what ever reason.We are only human.
> 1-are the batteries connected in series or parrallel?
> 2-are they positve ground or negative?
> 3-are all terminals and wires clean connections?
> 4-do you have good grounds?(one way to check this is to use jumper
cables to
> double up on some connections to check.For example if you aren't
sure of the
> starter grounding properly then run a jumper from the battery ground
> directly to the starter case.Make sure you are grounding off the
right
> battery.If this works and it doesnt with the cable off then you need
to add
> a cable or clean the grounds for better connections)
> 5-are the batteries properly charged up?( I just went thru this with
a guy
> last night.He said his battery was good.but his CJ wouldn't turn
over so I
> pulled the starter and had it checked.It turned out OK.When I put it
back in
> I pulled his battery out and hucked it,he didn't like that.I took
the
> battery out of his car and stuffed it in.Jeep fired up.He stood
there
> looking stupid.His problem?He was to cheap to buy a new battery and
used
> them until they were completely fried.Waste of mine and everyone
else's time
> on his stupidity.)Don't take this the wrong way but even I have
thought
> batteries were charged at full and one time I found out I had a
faulty
> charger.that was a hair pulling experience.
> 6-worst case senario is to start with just one circuit at a
time.Disconnect
> all the others thru the fuses or the main line to the batteries.Hook
up just
> the starter and then as each circuit is ok'd add to it.this is a
systematic
> approach slow but accurate and simple.
>
> Andre
>
>
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