Starting the Dodge need a little help

[old mopar fan]

Well I got the battery the other day checked all the fluids all looks good. So I hook up the battery check the lights all work bit the center one on trunk lid, flip on the directionals both sides work, hit the wiper switch they work a little slow but they work and then I tried cranking it. It did crank seemed a little slow is this from the 6 volt system? I have never played with 6 volt before. Cleaned all the conections still cranked at the same speed. Then I pulled off the coil wire on the distributer to check for spark very week. What should i get for resistance across the coil? Any other words of advice will be greatly appreciated.

thanks Jeff

[Lou Earle]

Be sure u are using 0 or 00 battery cables not smaller Gage 12 volt. I have mine made up from welding leads at a local battery place - very good and really improves the cranking

Lou

[greg g]

Center lamp was originally a brake lamp. It might have been disconnected if/when the signals were added. Do the outside lamps light with the brake pedal? The dealer installed or aftermarket signal lamos work through the brake light switch, and it was easier to rig it up bypassing the center Lamp. If you want to you can find the hot side of the brake light switch, it is a hydraulic switch plumbed into the brake line near the master cylinder. You can run a wire from the hot when brakes on terminal up into the trunk and to the lamp.

doing this will by pass the flasher circuit and keep it from blinking along with the signals.

6V does crank slower than 12 V and needs large cables as 6V depends on current flow rather than voltage. One of the reasons carmakers went to 12 V was to save money by utilizing smaller and cheaper and lighter wires.

[old mopar fan]

thanks guys the cables look like they have been changed recently i will have to check the size. Does anyone know the coil values so i can figure out if I have a bad coil or if I need to do some more connection cleaning.

[Dennis Hemingway]

Just a quick question, (I know I did this) Do you have the battery hooked up with a positive ground? When I had my Ford I hooked the 6v battery with neg ground and it did the same thing.

Dennis

[claybill]

also...when sitting for awhile even a week, it requires some pumping to get gas into the float bowl....sometimes a squirt of choke cleaner or starting fluid in the carb will quicken things up and save battery life.

clyabill

[FMSPEED49]

hit the wiper switch they work a little slow but they work

6volt with electric wipers?

Or a vac canister that is still holding vacuum?

[1just4don]

Instead of using starting fluid,,pick up your can of WD-40 and try that first.

It lubes things better,,and kleans plugs at same time. Cant over spray it either, like you sure can ether,,,ever lock an engine up with that stuff??