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i guess i'm getting picky, i checked out the mooneyes covers and i don't like the way the finnes don't go all the way down the sides. i guess i...
anyone seen Transdapt finned valve covers for a SBC? are they worth a shit? i'm on the hunt for no name covers with no holes and the cal custom...
nice!!
Bad Bob you crack my shit up....hahahahaha.......sick em boy sick em
i have done many of these also, you can just knock the old one off with a punch and a hammer, just work your way around it. as pistnbroke said...
this is on my 50 chevy, its the only pic i have of it sorry bout the ice
does anyone know if he can get that ignition switch to through out a ground to the solenoid, so he can start it by the switch instead of a...
i have the body off one of my frames and i cleaned it with a wire brush, i see no numbers
http://www.teufert.net/other/rear%20end%20dimensions.htm
your right but the engine only turn over good when he manualy engages the solenoid, but electricaly the solenoid is not working. thats why i was...
i think since its reverse polarity, what i was trying to do was still right but i was having him hook it up backards...so with reverse polarity in...
yeah
i thought i was in this waist deep now i'm in over my head and i can't swim:eek:
what does positive ground mean? what happens if you hook it up back wards like the ground wire we were using, hook it up to the positive side and...
oh wow i just realised what you wrote about the positive ground thing, it dosn't seem right about the cable going the the negitive side but i...
i'm pretty sure all the solenoid i have seen it does't matter whice side the batt and starter goes on as it just makes a connection, but flop the...
i am new to starter solenoids with with manual buttons on them as i have never seen one before ever. but i assume its a good feature incase the...
if it still turns over slow, then i think you have a bad solenoid, or its not a 6 volt solenoid, for some reason the sombitch just ain't workin....
just beacuse its new doesn't mean shit! lets try one other thing. dis conect the wire from the small post, the wire that goes to the ignition...
this way you know it has a known good ground and a known good source of power straight from the battery, by-passing all other switches and wires...
yes
all right now that its grounded, hook your hot wire from the battery positive post the the small poll on the soleniod. does it still turn over...
hell yeah, i was thinkin this car might look good blue, maybe it should be windsor blue:cool:.
use some jumper cables and just clamp it on there, or a piece of wire with alligator clips on it.....you see what i'm sayin?
run a wire from the ground post on the battery to the top part of the solenoid the same shiny piece of metal that the 2 mounting bolts go through,...
the part of the solenoid that mounts to the fender or where ever its mounted to. the shiny piece that the 2 bolts are going through, make sure its...
sweet thanks i'll try that! i'd much rather the plate match the title anyway
just to be sure hook a grond wire from the metal piece with the two mounting bolts in it straight to the ground on the battery then try the hot...
something inside the solenoid isn't strong enough to make the conection, but when you force it by pushing the button on the noid it works...
i say you have a bad soleniod
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