Thanks Shawn.
I believe you're right about the wire swapping. The old stuff is 40 yrs old
and brittle, not to mention how many times the wires were cut to find a hot
for new radios (you wish you could talk to previous owners to see what they
were thinking).
I think I'm going to spend the money and buy a new harness. I have parts
cars, but there is always something wrong with those also. There is a
company names M & H that seems to have a product. I bought the engine
harness through them and was very pleased.
justing
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Starter problem
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
