!! Sparks !!

nhusa said:
Me too. When I reread #1 - #2 did not make sense, but then I remembered that post #1 originally said something about it was sparking and should he do something about it.

The question as originally stated was rediculous so I figured that it was a spoof and answered with the gasoline comment.
If I had said -of course you need to fix it - it still would not make sense because the question was changed to what should I do
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Thanks for your help.
 
Here is what my starter switch looks like. The is green flaky corrosion under the battery cable stud as you can see and directly under this on the starter. There also seems to be a real close tolerance between the stud and the starter. Thoughts/Suggestions? Thank you.
 

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The stud doesn't need much clearance, and from what I see your's looks OK. I would remove the stud and strap and clean them. Also make sure the strap springs back all the way and make sure the insulation board is in good shape. It should spring back enough to keep the push rod from having freeplay.
 
I am confused why the starter rod was sparking, should this rod have negative in it or should it be insulated?
 
If the body of the car to battery is a better return path to the battery under a high current drain scenario like when the starter is running, than the engine to battery path, then if the starter rod touches the body it may spark and try to pull a return path back to the battery that way.
 
spdway1 said:
When I attempt to start my AA, the foot pedal rod sparks really bad on the hole where it goes threw the firewall.

What do I need to do to correct this?

Thank you :cool:
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The part that pushes the copper strip on to the "button" of the started normally has an insulator on it. seems like yours is missing.
 
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