Justin,
You should have 12v at the solenoid. The only place you will find
reduced voltage is at the coil due to the ballast resistor... but you
should have 8-10 volts there I believe. You might want to check to
make sure you don't have two resistors run in series. Anyway it
sounds like you might need to do a little more wire swapping.
Shawn
On Apr 22, 2006, at 7:01 AM, Justin and Belinda Tyree wrote:
If you all remember, I emailed the list about a week and a half ago
about
starting problems with my 66 (It wouldn't start with just the
switch). The
wiring was all chopped up, so I replaced the engine harness. I still
require a seperate starter switch (an old horn button). I used a
voltmeter
to find that I have 12V at the hot wire to the ignition switch and
5.8 at
the ignition switch when I turn the key for the soliniod. I have
5.8 V at
the ignition post on the soliniod also. I believe I am not getting
enough
voltage to the soliniod (ignition). Does anyone know what the
voltage at
the soliniod is supposed to be? Maybe it's the switch?
thanks
justin
