The week-end was going fabulously well as I had finally managed to bring the spider to life with its new carbs and fuel set-up (converted from Spica) until the point when I turned the ignition key to restart the car (after adjusting the carbs mixt. screws) and absolutely nothing happened. no clicks, no power switched or not. So I started checking around my grounds, my fuses, and took out the voltmeter to make sure my battery was charged (it is). Then I went to check that I had power at the starter solenoid and discovered something I don't understand:
if I disconnect the positive battery cable connected to the starter I can confirm that it's hot however as soon as I re-attach it to the starter terminal I get something like 0.8v using the same ground I used to test the freed cable.
So, can someone please explain to me how I can loose 13 volts by simply hooking the battery cable to the starter before I fry the few neurons I have in my electrically-challenged brain? Could this be caused by a short within starter/solenoid?
Thanks!!!!!!!!
if I disconnect the positive battery cable connected to the starter I can confirm that it's hot however as soon as I re-attach it to the starter terminal I get something like 0.8v using the same ground I used to test the freed cable.
So, can someone please explain to me how I can loose 13 volts by simply hooking the battery cable to the starter before I fry the few neurons I have in my electrically-challenged brain? Could this be caused by a short within starter/solenoid?
Thanks!!!!!!!!