Wednesday, November 4, 2020

1962 Falcon hesitant starting issue

Hello, I'm new and would love to ask a few questions.
I have a 62 falcon wagon w/ a 170 automatic.

We replaced the starter 9 months ago and in the last month we have had a starting issue, Not saying it won't start, but as you turn the key, it hesitates and won't crank, but does make a hummm, but then after what started as a 2 seconds hesitation, progressively got worse to like 10 seconds, then it fires right up.

So last week we noticed the red battery wire to the solenoid was loose, so we...

1962 Falcon hesitant starting issue