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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 22 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 22 | ‘54 3100 235 6v foot starter.
Stated just fine this morning. Went back out later washed the bugs off the windshield and would not start. No power anywhere.
Is there a fuse I’m missing somewhere. Battery 6 1/2 volts but lost everything. No lights, horn, wipers. Nothing! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,986 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,986 | Put the windshield bugs back and see if that fixes it.
If not, start by making sure both ends of both battery cables are clean and tight.
If the wiring is more or less stock there is no fuse that would cause everything to stop working.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12
'52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 259 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 259 | Check for corrosion at all battery connections. Loose bolts at battery or ground or starter solenoid. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Dirty battery post connections are the most likely cause. Clean both the terminals and the posts with a wire brush. This tool or something like it needs to be part of every stovebolter's tool box- - - -use it frequently! www.ebay.com/itm/193269187355?Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 119 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 119 | You know , a few months ago I was having similar problems on our 1948 ½ ton and we suddenly noticed smoke from the ground wire that goes from the battery to chassis ground. That ground only God knows how old that braided wire was. We changed the battery ground wire and the issue went away.
Sometimes ground wires may appear to good but they aren’t | | | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,730 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,730 | you can NEVER have too many frame to ground ran wires. that braided wire sometimes is not enough.
~ BD.
You won't find me in an old folks home | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Leave those braided antiques on if you wish for"original" appearance, but also run a HEAVY ground cable from the battery to the block or bell housing. I use #0 welding cable on everything, especially 6V systems.
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 22 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 22 | Sure enough. Cleaned the ground to frame connection and away she goes.
I do use 1/0 marine wire for cables. | | |
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