[DeTomaso] starting problems

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George, Jack - many thanks - I will look in to all of this.

Jack - what gauge wire is "large" in your book...10g?

George...one follow on question...what you say makes good sense for the shut off restart when warm...that is i am being left with a flooded condition...but why would that cause the starter to be so sluggish? - i was kind of thinking that the heat was effecting it...but "i don't know nuttin!" - also, does the needle and seat root cause explain the cold start problems for you? - thanks! - stephen


----- Original Message ----
From: "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: edlebby at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:18:11 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] starting problems

In a message dated 2/13/08 11:51:26 AM, edlebby at yahoo.com writes:
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whenever the car stops, after fully warmed up, and i try to restart it, the starter motor is extremely sluggish, might turn over once...pause a second or two...again...and so on - the only way it will restart is if the pedal is at WOT - at first i thought it was the starter engine...but then JT said it was probably the battery - so put new connectors on the battery cables, cleaned the zf ground and the starter wires - that improved things alot for awhile - but now i am back to where i was (even worse) - thoughts?


This could be the result of a minor carb malfunction, but my first move is to add a SECOND large diameter ground wire running from a shiny bare spot on the subframe to either the engine block or the ZF cases- sometimes both! Then I'd swap the stock starter for a modern gear-drive mini-starter; there are many brands our vendors sell that fit properly & will spin a high-compression engine far better than any stock one. My 12-yr-old McLeod mini-starter- based on the Hitachi starter motor, spins a smoking-hot 10-1/2:1 compression 351-C almost as rapidly as when the engine is cold. All gear-drive starters are about half the weight and physically smaller, so the starter is unaffected by header heat without the need for a shield. Try these & let us know how they work- J DeRyke




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