spud72

So I never noticed this before, but I stalled the car yesterday and darn near wouldn't restart. Just a slow crank almost like the battery was dead. Waited a couple secs, still did a slightly faster crank (still slow) but was enough to catch.

In my experience that's likely due to a crappy connection or even a cable having V-drop. Being it's a 1999 and I presume original cables, and they're going to be pretty long, I'm thinking of getting some cables built up and replace battery-starter-alternator cables.

Has anyone done them before? Is this a common issue? I did a search for hot-start and didn't really find anything readily visible.

Are the cables a pain in the butt to replace in these things?

ltusler

It can be the Y cable or the starter. I had the problem and it was the starter.

Woodman71

Me too. Starter and harness replaced.

Tonyr313

Volts on the volt meter when cold and warm engine? It should be 13.8 and above.

Check y cable and alternator also.

Tonyr313

This should save time

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...implified.html

Triple Black

Starting motor wiring harness - a common issue.

dan_189

Just had mine done failed at 70k (kms).

The upgraded cable has some protection at the end where it attaches to the starter

spud72

Thanks for the replies guys