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#59866 04/30/2006 4:42 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 23 | I am trying to get my 52 1433 up and running. I recharged the battery and it says it has just over 6V ready to go. If I make contact with the foot starter it tunrns over very slow. Now if I take out all the spark plugs and leave them out and turn the engine over the starter just flys and it turns over like I would expect it to. I am not a mechanic by trade so I have no idea what my issue is. I am baffled.
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#59867 04/30/2006 6:02 AM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy DForbes, do you have the proper six volt cables for your truck, they are twice as large as the twelve volt ones. And make sure you have the engine grounded well, hope that helps, | | |
#59868 04/30/2006 3:50 PM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Have your battery load tested. Sometimes they will read the proper voltage then when a load is put to it, it will drop off to nothing if it has a bad cell. It happens all of the time on my Cat, which has 4 6 volt batteries in it,
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#59869 04/30/2006 4:47 PM | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 | Mine did the same, replaced battery and all is well.
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#59870 04/30/2006 7:34 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | The 6 volt starters pull a lot of amps. As you can tell from the replies above there are several things that can cause the starter to crank slow. First you need to realize that unless you put 12 volts to the starter it will always turn slower than a 12 volt starter. Second, 0 or 1 gage battery cables are a necessity. Your negative battery cable and the starter must be well grounded. Check the CCA of your battery and load test your battery. If all of that is as it should be and it still won't turn over your starter may need to be rebuilt. Good luck.
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#59871 05/01/2006 1:26 AM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 | hook the ground cable up to the starter housing to make sure you have a good ground also | | |
#59872 05/01/2006 2:09 AM | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 | yea, i can't jump my 6 volt with 6 volt, the jumper cables are not large enough gauge. It does sound like a conection or battery problem.
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#59873 05/01/2006 3:04 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 23 | Thanks for the replies. I am taking the battery in tomoorow to be load tested. I will let you all know of my progress.
Darren | | |
#59874 05/01/2006 6:13 PM | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 | If the battery turns out to be okay and you need to replace the cables, I suggest buying lengths of 0 or 1 guage wire from NAPA and their 'fusion' battery cable ends- They come preloaded with solder and flux. You just strip the end of the wire 7/8" and push it into the terminal while you heat it, when the solder melts and it hits bottom yer done, and there's no risk of a bad connection between the terminal and the cable, which I've run into with 'clamp ons'.
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#59875 05/02/2006 1:20 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 23 | Hey,
Thanks for all the replies. I had the battery load tested and it failed. So I guess I will be picking up a new battery. I am running 1 guage wire for the system now so hopefully a new battery will solve the problem. I will keep you all posted.
Darren | | |
#59876 05/03/2006 3:39 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | Another point of problem could be the starter brushes. If they are too worn the lack of contact can slow it down. I hope the battery does it DForbes. | | |
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