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Ignition/Starter Question 200 1984

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posted by  Art Benstein on  Tue Aug 16 06:18 CST 2011
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It could be the starter, but in my experience, it was the rotten engine harness. The starter wire and the alternator D+ wire had both lost insulation at the same place and shorted together. When the engine spins up the alternator, the D+ generated by it holds in the solenoid.


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