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Progress stopped today. Burned up another starter. I wish I could afford a good one, these $40 starters sure dont hold up very long. 
Was going to adjust timing to see if it would start better, and starter is out. O well for now. Or until I can afford a new starter.
Was going to adjust timing to see if it would start better, and starter is out. O well for now. Or until I can afford a new starter.
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Was it still cranking slow, like it would with a low battery charge? That is putting a lot of load on any starter motor, so could be at least part of the issue with new starters not lasting.
If that's the case, then you need to inspect and relocate the ground cables as Cougar John mentioned before. They look substantial enough, but the main ground looks to me to be in the wrong spot.
If you use the alternator bolt for your main ground like it appears, you're leaving some efficiency on the table. Add a small-ish battery to the mix, and perhaps a weak starter, and it's maybe never going to be perfect.
The main ground should always run to the engine block directly (no matter what you saw on all those cool sixties and seventies GM cars and trucks) and the closer to the starter motor you put it, the better.
But at the very least, put it on the block behind the alternator like Ford did. Where it looks like yours is, there is too much potential for loss, what with rust, paint, distance and all that thrown together.
If that's not your main ground, but just an aux ground, then you're in good shape there, but should still inspect the wires themselves and do a voltage drop test(s) to make sure they're doing their jobs.
Some more pics under the hood would be cool too.
Paul
If that's the case, then you need to inspect and relocate the ground cables as Cougar John mentioned before. They look substantial enough, but the main ground looks to me to be in the wrong spot.
If you use the alternator bolt for your main ground like it appears, you're leaving some efficiency on the table. Add a small-ish battery to the mix, and perhaps a weak starter, and it's maybe never going to be perfect.
The main ground should always run to the engine block directly (no matter what you saw on all those cool sixties and seventies GM cars and trucks) and the closer to the starter motor you put it, the better.
But at the very least, put it on the block behind the alternator like Ford did. Where it looks like yours is, there is too much potential for loss, what with rust, paint, distance and all that thrown together.
If that's not your main ground, but just an aux ground, then you're in good shape there, but should still inspect the wires themselves and do a voltage drop test(s) to make sure they're doing their jobs.
Some more pics under the hood would be cool too.
Paul
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