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1934 · 05-17-2018, 12:00 PM

Up-date; This morning I started it and it seemed to turn slowly, even though it was a cold start. Went for a 15 mile drive, shut it off and tried cranking with the ign. off. It turned really slowly. After a lot of head scratching I decided to take all the wires off the starter switch. They looked clean and tight but I sanded them all nice and shiney and reinstalled them. After that it cranked over nice and fast! Had to go to work so didn't have much time to fool with it but maybe it wasn't a ground issue after all- just bad connections at the switch. Time will tell! BTW I found one of those starter brackets so plan to clean it up and install it.
Again,my thanks to all of you. Looking forward to a test drive tonight!
Doug.

05-17-2018, 12:00 PM	#23
1934 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 415	Re: slow cranking when hot Up-date; This morning I started it and it seemed to turn slowly, even though it was a cold start. Went for a 15 mile drive, shut it off and tried cranking with the ign. off. It turned really slowly. After a lot of head scratching I decided to take all the wires off the starter switch. They looked clean and tight but I sanded them all nice and shiney and reinstalled them. After that it cranked over nice and fast! Had to go to work so didn't have much time to fool with it but maybe it wasn't a ground issue after all- just bad connections at the switch. Time will tell! BTW I found one of those starter brackets so plan to clean it up and install it. Again,my thanks to all of you. Looking forward to a test drive tonight! Doug.