[DeTomaso] starting problems

[adin at frontier.net]

Larger than your thumb.

David, using the polite units of measurement  . . .






Quoting SEL <edlebby at yahoo.com>:

> 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:
> snip.....
>
> 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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