Yay! Got the electric start working!

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
11/16/2019 at 10:57 • Filed to: Project super cubby

I haven’t had the electric starter on the Cub this whole time, mostly because of my own stupidity. In my impatience to get it running I ordered the wrong battery, which had these teeny tiny 20 gauge integrated leads that couldn’t deliver enough current to turn over the engine.

I finally got annoyed/bored enough to do something about it and I found a battery that (just barely) fits and allowed me to build my own leads out of 10 gauge and now the electric starter works!

DISCUSSION (8)

shop-teacher > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/16/2019 at 11:10

Huzzah!

RacinBob > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/16/2019 at 11:40

50 year old Honda. Reliabilty

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > RacinBob
11/16/2019 at 11:42

Engine’s actually out of an ‘81 but still. It’s impressive that this bike fired right up for me after sitting in a shed for a decade. I had to change the spark plug and rewire a turn signal and that was it.

Future Heap Owner > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/16/2019 at 14:03

Nice improvising!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Future Heap Owner
11/16/2019 at 14:16

I don’t think this was improvising so much as “putting it back to the way it should be”

Future Heap Owner > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/16/2019 at 14:20

Well, you made do with what was around rather than just buying more stuff. That’s pretty much the definition of good improvising in my book.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Future Heap Owner
11/16/2019 at 14:56

I bought everything involved in th is specifically for the project - battery, acid, wire, connectors, hardware

RacinBob > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/17/2019 at 09:47

Same for my ‘73 CL350/ No maintenance other than oil, everything works!