<VV> Battery Will Not Turn Starter

[Tony Underwood]

At 06:41 PM 11/17/2009, Ray Davis wrote:


>One answer to the battery will not turn starter problem.  I recently 
>had the same problem on my '64 vert.  It was embarrassing at the 
>Chevy dealer when we were setting up our car display on October 
>2.  Have you ever had to push start a Corvair in front of an 
>audience!  The lights, horn and other electrical gadgets worked 
>fine.  A fully charged jumper box (or whatever you call them) did 
>nothing.  A jump from another vehicle started the car.  Later even 
>the car jump did not work.  Corvair expert, Frank Du Val, ran a test 
>on the starter and it was not getting enough juice.  Frank, with his 
>vast experience, determined that the battery cable had pulled loose 
>inside the Delco molded clamp.  A new and longer cable from Clark's 
>did work.  Yes, the battery was tight in the battery hold down 
>retainer.  Cutting the clamp open, it was not obvious that the cable 
>had slipped.  However, you could see where it had slipped where the 
>cable enters the clamp.  The old cable was just long enough
>  to reach the post.  Apparently, the flexing of the engine was 
> enough to pull the cable less than 1/4" out of the clamp.  I think 
> the reason the first jump worked was because we probably attached 
> the jumper to the exposed part of the cable.




That is why I do not and haven't trusted those molded cables.


Everything here has a bolt-clamp cable on it so I can see what's there.




tony..