Hello, I have a 57 Chevy pickup, 235. My problem is when I push on the foot starter the engine starts, when I remove my foot from the starter ****on after the engine starts the engine dies, just like turning off the ignition. The truck ran fine 10 days ago, I went to start it this morning and ran into this. I cleaned all the contacts at the starter and battery, I looked at and cleaned the ****on bolted to the starter it looks good. Any suggestions would be greatly welcomed.
That's the white ceramic looking thing on the firewall, wires in wires out, right? You guys are awesome!
I'll throw in with the rest of the posters. Bad resistor. One wire to the coil comes from the solenoid to give you 12+ volts to start. When you let up on the starter ****on, it switches to around 8 volts. Otherwise you fry your points in short order. Check for current on the coil side of the resistor with the key in the "on" position.
Quick check. Jumper the resistor. It won't hurt to run it a short time. If it runs longer than it usually does, the resistor is the problem. "Check the wire in the sol end also." If you have a foot starter you don't have a solenoid. Your byp*** wiring is from the ignition swich I do believe.
Yes it's a foot starter, I jumped the resister and bingo it ran, problem solved...off to the the parts house for a new piece. thanks for the education.
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