Why won't my 1923 touring start...
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Steve Jelf
Topic author - Posts: 6496
- Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:37 pm
- First Name: Steve
- Last Name: Jelf
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1923 touring and a few projects
- Location: Parkerfield, Kansas
- MTFCA Number: 16175
- MTFCI Number: 14758
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Why won't my 1923 touring start...
...on battery? Somebody will get this in about half a heartbeat. We'll see who gets it first. When I turn the ignition key to BAT the coils don't buzz. So I start it on MAG. Then, when I switch it over to BAT it keeps running. It will run on BAT, but will only start on MAG. How come?
The inevitable often happens.
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
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DHort
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Re: Why won't my 1923 touring start...
Battery is dead. Car is running off generator, until you get a new battery.
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Steve Jelf
Topic author - Posts: 6496
- Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:37 pm
- First Name: Steve
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- Location: Parkerfield, Kansas
- MTFCA Number: 16175
- MTFCI Number: 14758
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Re: Why won't my 1923 touring start...
Or charge the one I have. That didn't take long at all. I think I know what drained it. I'll fix that when I install the new wiring.
The inevitable often happens.
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George N Lake Ozark
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Re: Why won't my 1923 touring start...
Steve ?? Does your wiring look like what I had inherited ??
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Steve Jelf
Topic author - Posts: 6496
- Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:37 pm
- First Name: Steve
- Last Name: Jelf
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1923 touring and a few projects
- Location: Parkerfield, Kansas
- MTFCA Number: 16175
- MTFCI Number: 14758
- Board Member Since: 2007
- Contact:
Re: Why won't my 1923 touring start...
Something like that. It's wrong for sure. The reproduction wiring harnesses from forty or fifty years ago have the wrong colors, which is not a big deal, but some wrong sized wire, which is.
The inevitable often happens.
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1923 Touring
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1923 Touring
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Chris Barker
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- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Coupe
- Location: Somerset, Eng;and
Re: Why won't my 1923 touring start...
It seems to be a Universal Law that, at some time in its life, every old car's wiring will fall into the clutches of someone who really should not be allowed out without his mother.