WTH?!?! Darn starter wire gremlins......

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:00 am

For some reason, whenever I try to start my car, my starter wire has come undone. I plug it in as securely as can be, but every time for the past few days, it has come loose while driving.

Man, this is getting annoying....

scuzzy · Post by **scuzzy** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:07 am

add a lock washer to the bolt, tighten the nut over it; should keep the nut from coming loose.

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Tue May 31, 2005 1:09 am

Not that wire, the solenoid wire.

nzKAOSnz · Post by **nzKAOSnz** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:13 am

what sorta plug is it? (Havnt had to do anything in that neck of the woods yet *touch wood*)

if its just a crimp -get some needle nose pliers and GENTLY squeeze the part that grips onto the tab

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:59 am

It's some plastic connector. Plastic all around, and around the plug.

I believe that it was originally supposed to snap into the plug, but it lost that functionaltiy a while ago.....

magicmike · Post by **magicmike** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:16 am

go the the scrap yard and cut a "good" connector off another car and replace yours with one that does not have the broken clip

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:38 am

There are no scrap yards within 2 hours of where I am......

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:19 am

Oh, well. Fixed it by squeezing it a bit tighter with pliers. Had to squeeze the plastic, but it didn't break.

Had that not worked, I had a 1" piece of 16-gauge wire with connectors on either end I could plug between the wire and the starter.

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WTH?!?! Darn starter wire gremlins......

WTH?!?! Darn starter wire gremlins......