Re: two batteries

[tom hecht <baddd65@xxxxxxxxx>]

it would be a simple thing to wire a button to the
start relay and try that, it sounds like a switch to
me.

tom



--- Jim500mopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> The starting problem happened again, in completely
> different circumstance.
> 
> 2 no-starts out of about 25 times since getting '65
> Coronet 500 w/495 roller 
> wedge back on road.  First time, car was dead cold
> in morning, turned key one 
> position to get electrics going, fuel cell in trunk
> ran, twisted key to 
> cranking position, nothing.  No clicks, no rotation.
>  Came back to car some hours 
> later, it started immediately.
> 
> A week later, after driving to work to show it off
> to my grudgingly admiring 
> Chevy pals, ran to 3-4 stores getting parts, etc,
> all restarts fine.  Got 
> home, shutoff in driveway to open gates, etc., then
> same exact no-start symptom as 
> above, only fully hot engine.  Rowed the 727 shifter
> around, no help, so yes, 
> neutral safety switch not likely.
> 
> Haven't checked timing, don't know how yet, but it
> was set by a shop owner 
> who has worked on and raced Mopars for 30 years.  He
> hasn't had the car yet to 
> analyze.
> 
> New 800cca battery, all new wiring. No need for two
> batteries, engine builder 
> starts his '70 Roadrunner with 800+ cid wedge just
> fine with one battery & 
> same wiring system as he installed in my car.
> 
> One possibility mentioned is that my hi-torque
> Dakota-type starter was 
> weakened during only 3-4000 miles of running with my
> last 440 build, which ran hot 
> all the time, burned plug boots, etc.  A
> well-meaning friend probably put the 
> cam in wrong, had timing way off.  Anyway, might
> have roasted the starter with 
> the 2-inch TTI headers?  But, wouldn't I have the
> trouble more often, if so?
> 
> PS  West coast show/swap coming up 10/15, Chrysler
> Performance West club's 
> "Fall Fling", Van Nuys, Ca.  We usually see around
> 400 Mopars on display.  Our 
> spring shows now 2 days, in mid-Aprils, have seen as
> many as 650 cars.
> 
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