Electrical Help on a '56

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, did anyone try jump starting the car? This will
tell you what is wrong and where to start. If it
starts, battery or connection. Use good cables!
Walmart specials are not good cables. Always connect
the dead battery first then the jump vehicle. Connect
the ground clamp to a grounded metal body source on
the jump vehicle. Sparks and batteries do not mix. RC 


Philippe Courant <accf-club@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
>
> >
> >I've measured the resistance across the resistor -
> ~2 megohms which leads me 
> >to believe it's dead although I couldn't find a
> definite value in the service 
> >manual.
> >
> Yes, it's dead ! The resistance is around 1 ohm (for
> '57 engine: 0.665 
> to 0.735 ohm at 70° F). But itsn't the reason of the
> "click-click" .. If 
> you hear it, the starter relay is OK. Ther's too
> much resistance 
> somewhere, electrical resistance (corroded posts on
> battery or on 
> starter, corroded cables from battery to starter).
> Try to replace the 
> main cable with another or put one in parallel. Or
> mechanical resistance 
> in engine or trans.
> 
> I remember a curious thing which happened to me
> several times on my '58 
> Bui*k. I had no battery security switch so when i
> parked the car for a 
> long time i removed the + cable from the battery
> post. When i installed 
> it again and wedged it (i didn't tighten the nut ..)
> the first time i 
> tried to crank the car, "click" and nothing happened
> ! The gauges , 
> warning light, dome lights went off.. So i moved a
> little the battery 
> post ( cleaned it if i wasn't in a hurry..) because
> it seems that a 
> suddent corosion (carbon of sparks between post and
> cable ?) developped 
> on the battery post and insulated the post !
> 
> -- 
> 
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