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Can anyone tell me how to start my engine on a rolling chasis. I tried putting the coil to the positive battery terminal and touching the positive terminal to the battery but the starter just spins and doesn’t engage. What do I need to do to get the starter to engage.
Thanks
Pete
Could you give the year, make, series, and engine involved?
Oh jeeze. Can’t believe I didn’t give that information. It’s a 1950 248 on a 1947 Special series 40 chasis.
Pete
try jumping from battery to the left terminal on the solenoid that mounts top front of starter... that hot wired my 248... if that don't work check your points took me almost 3 hours to solve the distributer riddle
I don’t think there’s anyway I can ask this without sounding stupid but when you say left terminal do you mean the drivers side or passenger side? I don’t want to fry anything.
Its always great when you can get a Buick question answered at 3AM. Thank goodness for night shift people.
Thanks
Pete
(passenger side) and no worries I was afraid of frying mine as well but then again these parts are A LOT more durable then the plastic mold crap on modern cars.. with that being said id keep a damp rag handy in case of small electrical fire. my distributer went up in flames when doing a continuity test under cap on the points...
but don't be overly careful these rigs are 70 + or - of age I'm sure they have seen worse abuse then a little tinker troubleshooting
apply hot wire to contact for 1/2 a second if no results its probably the wrong contact no harm done.
assuming your starter resembles mine
If by description you say rolling chassis I take that to mean the car chassis a 1947. Attach the correct wiring up and use the ignition switch and accelerator pedal to start it. (Might as well correct the wiring on the car now.) Take some time and learn how the starting system and the ignition system work. You will feel so much better about driving it. I just drove my 52 over 2500 miles in two weeks and never opened my tool box and mostly original wiring. These cars were very dependable and can be just as dependable now.