Re: Cylinder Compression Questions

Posted by Ernie Vitucci On 2014/11/14 21:39:59

Good Evening...

I recommend that you make sure your battery terminals are clean and that the connections on the other ends of the cables are clean and bare metal to bare metal.

On 'Miss Prudence', we also use Marine Terminals on our battery which allow an easy second positive ground cable to run between the positive battery terminal and the frame, by drilling a 5/16" screw hole in the frame, down in front of the battery.

The battery cables should be 00 cables with soldered ends. The parts are usually available at NAPA. The second ground cable really makes a difference with a nice hot ZAP spark. 'Miss Prudence is a 1949 2362 with a 288 engine and she has started much easier since the second ground cable was installed.

Ernie