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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / September 2005Lark 6 cylinder starter
The 1963 6 cyliner Lark would not start so I charged the battery. It still would not start so I went to Autozone to have the battery tested. They said it was a good battery. I figured it had to be the solenoid so I bought a new one and installed it. Still no starting. With the head lights on the starter clicks once and then the headlights go off. The headlights do not come back on unless I disconnect the battery and reconnect it. I suspect the starter at this point because I jumped over directly from the positive cable to the starter cable and the starter does not turn over. Am I missing anyting? Does it make sense that a starter would go from working fine to doing this? Thanks for your help. Bad ground. > The 1963 6 cyliner Lark would not start so I charged the battery. It > still would not start so I went to Autozone to have the battery tested. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > does not turn over. Am I missing anyting? Does it make sense that a > starter would go from working fine to doing this? Thanks for your help.  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 62 Lark 2 door 61 Hawk 60? Hawk 53 Starlight Battery to engine ground? Damn Grounds! <G> Also check to see that the ground from the engine to the frame on the rt frt mount is attached, and if everything has been cleaned and painted, scrape the paint off so there is bare metal for a good ground. Jim (just call Ole' Dave, he kin tell ya' about grounds) Turner "The headlights do not come back on unless I disconnect the battery and reconnect it." That sounds to me like one of your battery posts or cable terminals has a coat of oxide that makes for a poor connection. The act of removing/replacing the terminal wipes away some of the oxide, enough to pass juice for the lights, but the load of the starter simply eats away the tiny contact patch in the terminal and shuts you down. Happens all the time. Buy a battery terminal brush, and give both the posts and the inside of the clamps a good cleaning. The metal should be bright and shiny, not dull grey or black. Gord Richmond Loosen and then tighten the battery cable connections on the solenoid located on the interpanel of the fender. My 64 Daytona did the same thing after sitting for several months. This fixed it. Denny L Went to Advance Auto Parts today. Bought both battery cables and the solenoid to starter cable. $13.00 worth. Fixed it right up!!! Thank s for your help. I was about to pull the starter. |
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