Ahhh ok that DID work with some nice spark (I suppose that's normal). Soooo that would mean the solenoid is toast? Should I just replace both since I have them out? The starter has to be twenty years old at best.
Thanks! JB -----Original Message----- From: Gary Seeger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Bench Testing a Starter On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:03:26 -0700, Crazy Rusty wrote > I tried bench testing the starter out of my 69 and got nothing, > wanted to see if you all think I did it right. > > > > There are three terminals, hooked the positive side of the battery > up to the big one in the middle. Hooked the negative side to the > frame of the starter. Then with my tester, to watch voltage, I put > one end on the big terminal and one end on one of the smaller > terminals. Zip. Did it again with the other terminal, zip. I know > it was getting juice because I got voltage readings on that first > smaller terminal. Sound like the starter is fried? > > > > Thanks, > > JB Try touching the bottom lead that attaches to the starter with the positive cable after first grounding the negative lead to the starter frame. If starter is o.k. it should motor as you touch the positive cable to the starter lead. be sure to have the starter secured as it will jump around when/if it motors. If it motors smoothly the problem likely is your selinoid. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
