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Subject:Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
From:craig cowan
Date:Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:39:37 -0400

I added a 4guage ground cable from the starter strait to the frame (Attached
to one of the cradle to frame bolts on the Bostig Conversion). Along with
replacing the battery, it now starts great!

Hopefully this will hold.

Now I have a spare battery which i'm going to need for my syncro anyway (No
battery in there).
I think there is still some life in that battery.
I believe it was a grounding issue mostly.

If I run a new cable, it will be 4guage. This seems sufficient.

-Craig

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:

> I used 4 gauge wire from a cannibalized jumper cable set and ran the wire
> thru the
> battery box vent tube.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:58 AM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> So i'm going to go get some cable and make the run.
>> Would you guys all suggest 2/0? Or can something thinner be used (since
>> it's
>> running parallell).
>> If you leave the old cable in place, how do you route up the new one into
>> the battery box? Is there space sufficient to run it through the same
>> grommet, or must you drill a new hole?
>>
>>
>>
>