[urq] starter

[Patrick Carlier]

I've alway's had the problem when starting the engine , 
the starter could barely cranck it . 
As if I had a drained battery . 

Tried several batteries , even a huge truck battery . 
Tried putting in another starter . No avail . 

A friend's '83 has thesame behavier so I kinda accepted it 
as being normal . 
Today , while solving my fuel pulp issue I discovered that the 
main cable from the battery doens't run straight to the starter . 
It begins as a 35mm²cable , but under the glove box there's an aluminium T like junction . 
Two 6mm² wires wich go to the fusebox , and a single 25mm² wich continues to the 
starter are connected to that junction . Can you guess what happend ? 

Right on . Oxidation , corrosion contact resistance .... whatever 
I squeezed the connection with a vice grip to crimp it a little harder . 
Bingo ! Starter works like a charm now . 

All in all , a very poor piece of engineering . 
That cable should have gone straight to the starter , and the fusebox should have been powered
either directly off the battery or off the starter .
 


Pat