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special70gmc · 12-02-2003, 04:30 PM

ijust ran my truck for 15 minutes then shut it off and tried to restart bot the stareter gust growls and doesnt really spin the engine but onece in a wile it will but i will seem like the batt its dead. the batt is reading like 14 volts but it just wont turn over. i really need help -kyle

ratrod67 · 12-02-2003, 04:37 PM

Check your cable connections. If no change try hitting the silonoid with soimething metal and try again. Sometimes if the silonoid is going it will work a few more times by hitting it. You haven't messed with the timing have you?

shuttermutt · 12-02-2003, 04:48 PM

Usually a solenoid will click-click-click, but not engage the starter if it's hot locked or going bad, won't it? If the solenoid is engaging (the starter's turning the engine), but it's not turning over normally, odds are it's either the timing is too far advanced or you've just got a bad connection.

Fifteen minutes of running and then you kill it and immediately try to re-start it? Sure sounds like timing to me. Look for the obvious stuff first, but if that doesn't seem to help, you might try giving that dizzy a little clockwise twist and see if it helps.

jorgensensc · 12-02-2003, 04:56 PM

Your solenoid could be drawing too much power. Put a multimeter on the bat while someone tries to start it. If it gets really low, your solenoid is bad.

special70gmc · 12-02-2003, 07:30 PM

it was timing shuddermutt hit the nail on the head i had way too much advance turned it down anfd she roared to life. thanks -kyle

lukecp · 12-02-2003, 07:33 PM

Glad to see you have it running...how does that LTI sound?

shuttermutt · 12-02-2003, 09:30 PM

Awesome! Glad to hear you're back in the saddle!

special70gmc · 12-02-2003, 10:09 PM

all i can say is wow that thig sounds AWSOME i just slipped the flowmasters over the collecters and couldnt hear myself think in the cab. and the whole truck torqes when you get on it well worth the $3500 i have into it. -kyle

12-02-2003, 04:30 PM	#1
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	need help fast please!!!!!!!!!!! ijust ran my truck for 15 minutes then shut it off and tried to restart bot the stareter gust growls and doesnt really spin the engine but onece in a wile it will but i will seem like the batt its dead. the batt is reading like 14 volts but it just wont turn over. i really need help -kyle __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

12-02-2003, 04:48 PM	#3
shuttermutt Don't say "Oops!", Doctor Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 677	Usually a solenoid will click-click-click, but not engage the starter if it's hot locked or going bad, won't it? If the solenoid is engaging (the starter's turning the engine), but it's not turning over normally, odds are it's either the timing is too far advanced or you've just got a bad connection. Fifteen minutes of running and then you kill it and immediately try to re-start it? Sure sounds like timing to me. Look for the obvious stuff first, but if that doesn't seem to help, you might try giving that dizzy a little clockwise twist and see if it helps. __________________ 'Mutt 1968 CST LWB: R.I.P. 1967 Chevelle: TPI 454 beast 1967 C10 SWB: Claimed when Bumpster didn't put it on his list

12-02-2003, 04:56 PM	#4
jorgensensc Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cypress, Tx Posts: 4,005	Your solenoid could be drawing too much power. Put a multimeter on the bat while someone tries to start it. If it gets really low, your solenoid is bad. __________________ 1972 C20 Suburban- Big Blue Betty '56 Chevy Bel Air Sedan- Frame up Restoration -What would you attempt to achieve if you knew you could not fail?- -I Refuse To Tiptoe Through Life, Only To Arrive Safely At Death's Door- R.I.P. EAST SIDE LOW LIFE

12-02-2003, 07:30 PM	#5
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	it was timing shuddermutt hit the nail on the head i had way too much advance turned it down anfd she roared to life. thanks -kyle __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

12-02-2003, 07:33 PM	#6
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Glad to see you have it running...how does that LTI sound? __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

12-02-2003, 04:37 PM	#2
ratrod67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 2,270	Check your cable connections. If no change try hitting the silonoid with soimething metal and try again. Sometimes if the silonoid is going it will work a few more times by hitting it. You haven't messed with the timing have you?

12-02-2003, 09:30 PM	#7
shuttermutt Don't say "Oops!", Doctor Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 677	Awesome! Glad to hear you're back in the saddle! __________________ 'Mutt 1968 CST LWB: R.I.P. 1967 Chevelle: TPI 454 beast 1967 C10 SWB: Claimed when Bumpster didn't put it on his list

12-02-2003, 10:09 PM	#8
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	all i can say is wow that thig sounds AWSOME i just slipped the flowmasters over the collecters and couldnt hear myself think in the cab. and the whole truck torqes when you get on it well worth the $3500 i have into it. -kyle __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

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