Measure the voltage AT THE STARTER TERMINAL while cranking. One meter lead on the terminal stud itself, and the other to the starter body. It helps to use an old-school analog meter for this, since it is not as bothered by the rapid fluctuations in voltage as the motor turns. This test will tell you for sure if you have a bad battery, cables, connections, solenoid, grounding, etc.
If you see insufficient voltage (less than 8 or so?) you can repeat the same test with the meter connected DIRECTLY to the battery terminals. This will tell you for sure if the battery is doing its job. You can proceed in this fashion to isolate the problem. For example, connecting the meter to the battery positive terminal and the starter terminal will show the voltage drop across the entire positive circuit. Doug --- Jim Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today being a nice day here in the upper right > corner of the country, > I tried to fire up the Spitfire. No go. So I > hooked up my faithful > portable starter battery. Just a very slow > whirr--wrr--wrr. Not > even close to being fast enough to fire. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
