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| Nozzle |
 Jan 8 2012, 08:12 AM
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I'm having non-starting issues (used to be only hot but now it's both cold and hot) with my 1973 2.0 and Scotty B suggested the electrical connections to the positive battery post may be part of the problem. So I thought I'd start by cleaning up these connections or at least replacing the battery cable with something more stock to begin trouble-shooting. The problem is I'm not sure what these connections are supposed to look like. So does anyone have any good pictures of how these connections are supposed to be arranged?
Here's what mine currently look like:  Many thanks, John |
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| yellowporky |
Jan 8 2012, 03:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 427 Joined: 18-October 09 From: Martinez, Ca. Member No.: 10,948 Region Association: Northern California |
Are you having cranking issues or does it crank and not fire? I had 74 converted to carbs by a po there was a ground issue so it had problems with hot cranking. Adding an extra ground strap fixed this issue.
If it still has fuel injection clean all of your grounds and replace the ground straps as a good first step so save trouble shooting time. good luck |
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Nozzle Need Help with Battery Post Connections Jan 8 2012, 08:12 AM
ClayPerrine That is about average for the wiring on a 914. Th... Jan 8 2012, 08:18 AM mrgreenjeans Interesting pic......
The good thing is, all this... Jan 8 2012, 09:22 AM Tom That definately looks bad. Someone didn't have... Jan 8 2012, 02:21 PM
Nozzle
That definately looks bad. Someone didn't hav... Jan 8 2012, 02:43 PM
aharder
That definately looks bad. Someone didn't hav... Jan 9 2012, 11:01 PM Nozzle Thanks for the good info guys. The car has had ho... Jan 8 2012, 02:33 PM mrgreenjeans
Thanks for the good info guys. The car has had h... Jan 8 2012, 05:31 PM montoya 73 2.0 Looking a little closer you will see two wires per... Jan 8 2012, 03:20 PM Tom Yes, Montoya is right. I used all 4 wires. Just pu... Jan 8 2012, 03:42 PM kg6dxn Don't forget that battery cables can go bad wi... Jan 8 2012, 04:40 PM mrgreenjeans Forgot to add that Tom is dead on about the issue ... Jan 8 2012, 05:40 PM windforfun Cut them all off. Replace with similar lugs witho... Jan 8 2012, 05:55 PM Tom Aharder,
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