pimp my vit Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Still struggling with my starter motor and today noticed that the choke cable got hot while cranking so I guess this is a earthing issue? Yes?How many earns should it have, one at the engine front N/S but where is the other end? Chassis?Does the gearbox get a earth? what about body to chassis?Any help appreciated as this is really getting me depressed.........Refurbished Starter, new solenoid and a good battery fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I can only think of 2 main earths. You may also find that there is a smaller earth lead on the steering column to bridge the linkage near the rack.I recommend you remove the earth leads (battery to body + engine to chassis) and clean up the contacts to ensure a good connection. With age these can a bit crusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemate Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I put an extra earth from a bellhousing bolt streight to the batteryAs well as doing what Steve said by making sure all the ends are clean and making a good contact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paudman Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Get one of the long Spitfire earth cables that forks; you can then earth the engine and the body directly to the battery with just one cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cureton Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 A hot choke cable is definitely a faulty engine earth. There should be one from the front of the engine to the steering rack fixing, and one from the body to the battery earth terminal. That should be sufficient but it never hurts to put extras in if you need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp my vit Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 OK new dawn/new day and starting again with a clear head, cleaned earth points and changed the front strap as original was a bit thin, car turning over but not fast enough to start (wouldn't start anyway as no coil) choke and flexi clutch line now cold so earth problem is sorted. Hook up jump leads from Scirocco and car turning over quite fast (enough for it to fire) so wasted £20 on a new solenoid and had the starter motor off the car twice and apart three times, this nonsense has taken three weekends to sort out!!So now to my battery, it charges (it has a little green window to show charged) I reads 12.5 volts across the terminals, a bit more when fully charged, spec of the battery is 63Ah -18c 570A any thoughts? can a battery have 12 + Volts and yet not have any cranking power........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dar Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 So now to my battery, it charges (it has a little green window to show charged) I reads 12.5 volts across the terminals, a bit more when fully charged, spec of the battery is 63Ah -18c 570A any thoughts? can a battery have 12 + Volts and yet not have any cranking power........yes, i have loads of battery,s that wont start a car but will hold 12v, use them to power my electric fence with horses,one battery will last about 2 weeks, but wont start a car, your local moto factors auto shop should have a tester to simulate cranking of a starter,make sure it is fully charged first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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