Been a little quiet on the Foxbody front for me lately. Decided we needed new appliances in kitchen so that took up some time (and money) but I did sneak my welder in there, although I havnt had a chance to fire it up yet. Appliances are leading to shopping for tile, so I have that project in my near future, but for some reason I enjoy tile work, so that’s ok!
Anyway, had to work the late shift tonight, 2-11p.
I had some time this morning, sun was out finally, so I took the car out for some errands I had to run. Ran good - felt good to be out. Had the obligatory conversation at a stoplight with someone asking about the car (always cool when that happens, especially when they have a clue about Foxbodies).
As you know, I eliminated the starter relay, hooked up a buss bar, and a regular 5 terminal relay to get the juice to the starter mounted solenoid on the new mini starter. It’s been working flawlessly so far, through many starts and stops.
Before i go to work, I start it up, pull it in the garage and shut it down. I realize it’s a hair too close to the door (I like to leave as much room in front to avoid as many unnecessary scratches on the front end from the foot traffic getting to and from the wife’s car).
I start it back up, pull it up another couple inches, shut it down and the starter just keeps turning and turning. No biggie, I disconnect the negative and it shuts down. Reconnect and everything is fine.
I’m assuming the 5 terminal relay stuck? Is there a “better” brand of these that anyone had had luck with? This was an Amazon purchase from who knows where.
Anyway, felt good to get out again and I hope this was an isolated incident and not something deeper!
Yeah, this was a long winded post, and yeah it’s 10:30 so I’m still at work (taking a quick 5).
Back to work.