I am in need of a little help.
I have a front mount distributor 8N. 12V.
The other day, I went to start it and nothing happened when I hit the starter button other than a few sparking sounds from down by the starter. I tightened the crimp on the battery to solenoid cable at the solenoid and it then worked fine. I ran it and shut it off for a little while, it worked fine. An hour or two later, I went to start it an got a similar sound, but this time up by the battery. The connection at the battery was a really cheap cable/connector and was a little loose. It was arcing and melting the connection. When I moved that cable and it came into contact, the starter started cranking. I couldn't get it to stop. I flipped the switch on and it fired right up. I drove it the short distance to the barn and shut it off, The starter kept on cranking. I cut the battery cable to get it to stop.
All that to ask what is wrong. I thought it might be the solenoid so I replaced that(TSC) and both battery cables (McMaster), and it did the same thing as soon as I touched the ground to the battery. Then thinking it might be the starter switch, I disconnected that wire at the switch and it still did it. What am I missing? Any ideas what might be wrong?
Andrew
I have a front mount distributor 8N. 12V.
The other day, I went to start it and nothing happened when I hit the starter button other than a few sparking sounds from down by the starter. I tightened the crimp on the battery to solenoid cable at the solenoid and it then worked fine. I ran it and shut it off for a little while, it worked fine. An hour or two later, I went to start it an got a similar sound, but this time up by the battery. The connection at the battery was a really cheap cable/connector and was a little loose. It was arcing and melting the connection. When I moved that cable and it came into contact, the starter started cranking. I couldn't get it to stop. I flipped the switch on and it fired right up. I drove it the short distance to the barn and shut it off, The starter kept on cranking. I cut the battery cable to get it to stop.
All that to ask what is wrong. I thought it might be the solenoid so I replaced that(TSC) and both battery cables (McMaster), and it did the same thing as soon as I touched the ground to the battery. Then thinking it might be the starter switch, I disconnected that wire at the switch and it still did it. What am I missing? Any ideas what might be wrong?
Andrew