2002 Won't Start - Wires Smoking

['76mintgrün'02]

Your call, obviously.  The intake is suspended out there quite a ways and I have the large stock air cleaner installed on top of the Weber, so I feel like it is doing jack on my car. 

 

I read a post from someone a while back saying he thinks they are important in his race cars, so... there!  

 

I am just saying it does more than just support the starter.  In fact, I'd say it does more for the manifold than it does for the starter, but I am not trying to start an argument.  Just stating another o p i n i o n.

Edited April 4, 2020 by '76mintgrün'02
Ray's my spell checker. Thanks buddy.

[tech71]

36 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

  In fact, I'd say it does more for the manifold than it does for the starter, but I am not trying to start an argument.  Just stating another o p i n i o n.

In my case, I cant see that its doing anything for the manifold. I'm keeping mine of course, its there for a reason. 

However the op has chosen to go with a non standard starter (shorter) and the bracket wont attach. In his case appears to be superfluous now.?

Edited April 4, 2020 by tech71

[jimk]

14 hours ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

I would not put the ground connection on top of it like that, but I'd leave the bracket.  it's not really in the way down there, is it?

Look at all the weight you'd remove by throwing it in the neighbor's pool 

[Toca]

    Some people on this forum have a strange predilection to throwing objects into “Neighbors Pools”....... wha’sup with that?

 

-Toca

[ray_]

46 minutes ago, Toca said:

    Some people on this forum have a strange predilection to throwing objects into “Neighbors Pools”....... wha’sup with that?

 

-Toca

 

 

What's the strange part?

 

[2002spaceodyssey]

What a great website. You guys were right. My engine block wasn't sufficiently grounded to the chassis.I can't say why it worked before. 

I went with a braided ground strap like tech71 suggested, and that was it. 

 

 

 

[AustrianVespaGuy]

Glad you fixed it, but not make sure you didn't burn up anything important whilst trying to crank without it!  I once found out the hard way one potential ground path, aside from the throttle linkage, is a braided SS clutch line. . .

[tech71]

Yay success! Glad to hear it.