Topic: Hot start blues
in Forum: C3 Electrical

Dear 74-454 You seem to be adding to the myth that starts out
stating that the first thing you need to do when working on a Corvette
is to disassemble the entire car... LOL... It does seem that way alot I will admit BUT !!!!!
You have a big block...and none of my Corvettes are BB's... but I do have headers ...and to be honest I do not see why you would have to remove them to get to the starter...that would be a major pain in the rear... And I have NEVER taken the wheel off to gain space..it is no where close to where you will be laying on your back...
That replacement solenoid may not help....the spring may be the same strenght as the original... but for 12 bucks I most likely would have
opened my wallet also...
I can replace the solenoid spring in maybe 30 minutes on any of my Corvettes...from the time I walked out the back door of the house till I
walked back into the house...AND I AM NOT FAST.... If the headers
present "any" problem I would go the route of mounting a remote selenoid...
Strange but this problem could have been solved and completely eleminated by GM 40 years ago....wonder why they mounted it on the starter? must save money ...Ford had a better idea...
Lots of luck...
Bob
Bob
64,72 & 98 Corvette Ragtops
76 & 79 & qa 88 ANC Corvette Coupes
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OH NO..... I think I still have one more of those springs in the garage
but honestly I can not tell them apart from the originals...
This being Friday.... that means I can not talk to my parts manager and find out what he has to say... A quick look on the internet also showed no results ... The part was located in the GM parts book under
Springs Group # 2
&nbs p; Part number 1958679
Guess I will have to have my local dealer do a search of other dealers andd see if he can get me another spare...
I can see why they discontinued it...had to be a hot selling item..lol
But when something works and has proven it works over an extended period of time...seems somebody should make a replacement..
Lots of Luck...
Bob Griffiths
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Bob
64,72 & 98 Corvette Ragtops
76 & 79 & qa 88 ANC Corvette Coupes
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Take the purple wire (12v from ign switch) off of the solenoid. Make ajumper to go from the batt. term on the sol. to where you took the purple wire off. Extend the purple wire to where-ever you mount the remote sol. Then do the same with the cable from the batt. to the starter; it needs to be put on the new sol. Then run a new cable from the remote sol. down to the starter, and you're done. While it may not make sense that this would work, because you're still using the sol. on the starter, beleive me, it does work! I've used this setup on every BB drag car, drag boat, sprint car, wrecker, etc. I've ever driven, and I've never had to drown the starter to cool it off enough to start!

Joel Adams
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I agree it does work. It's due to the voltage drops through the system. I just didn't want anyone to go that way alone with a solenoid problem. That would be frustrating.
Good description Joel.







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Most likely you have melted a fuse-link at the starter.







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