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WTH?!?! Darn starter wire gremlins......
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 12:00 am
by IronMonkeyL255
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....
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 12:07 am
by scuzzy
add a lock washer to the bolt, tighten the nut over it; should keep the nut from coming loose.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 1:09 am
by IronMonkeyL255
Not that wire, the solenoid wire.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:13 am
by nzKAOSnz
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
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:59 am
by IronMonkeyL255
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.....
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:16 am
by magicmike
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
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 6:38 am
by IronMonkeyL255
There are no scrap yards within 2 hours of where I am......
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:19 am
by IronMonkeyL255
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.