whc03grady wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:02 pm
Click.
Click.
Click click click cl--shudder shudder varoo- varoo- varoooOOM!
Okay, so how do I jump it? I know it'll come up.
Cleeeeeaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrllllllllllyyyyyyy, you have mild/moderate battery voltage drop-off. You you can see that optimizing voltage is key.
If you MMMMUUUUSSSSSTTTTT bridge the starter terminals in a life-and-death circumstance, make sure car is in neutral and emergency brake is applied:
a) find red/black wire that is currently leading to the black connector plug. That plug leads into the solenoid.
If that connector/wire leads to an exposed terminal at the solenoid, use the exposed terminal as your bridge. If the spade inside the connector is the last available metal bridge point, you'll have to use it.
b) find the battery cable-to-solenoid end. It should be a 13mm nut on a big threaded post on the solenoid. It may have a boot over it.
To actuate starter, you must use a bridge device capable of passing mass quantities of electrons. I use a 4" adjustable wrench so I can set the jaws to the bridge width on my classic old school starter solenoid. If you just want to wake the starter up, you would leave the ignition key
off. If you want to get engine running from underneath the car (and with dual carbs, that could be a bit iffy), you need to have the key
on.
Here is a picture off theSamba. You can see the red/black terminal end and the battery cable terminal end and you would slam the adjustable wrench jaws against the two, ignore the sparks and chattering. Usually, all you have to do is get it to engage briefly and you can finish up at the key:
