[DeTomaso] Starter

[Dave Londry]

Boyd - has anyone mentioned initial advance?
With a hot engine and somewhere over 16 degrees of initial advance (and 
surely by 20 degrees),
the starter just doesn't roll the piston through TDC before the 
combustion pressure gets out of hand.
The geared starters give you more leeway here by turning over a hot, 
high-compression engine faster
 and by having more grunt to get over the top.
dave

boyd casey wrote:
> So this recommended starter uses a gear reduction similar to the expensive
> "Racing starters" I have seen for sale for  for three times the money? What
> causes this problem?Boyd
>
> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:
>
>   
>> Boyd,
>>
>> I replaced my starter because I had had hot starting issues with the
>> original starter. I removed the old starter to overhaul it and clean the
>> collector up on a lathe. When I bench tested it it was like fireworks went
>> off inside the bearings when I ran it. The rotor windings were shorted to
>> the rotor core/axle. I don't know how common that problem is but my spare
>> rotor was even worse in that respect, it wouldn't even turn over unloaded on
>> the workbench, just load down the battery. A good stock starter would
>> probably do the job too but the 50 dollar price of the gear starter is hard
>> to beat.
>>
>> Tomas
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se>
>> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Starter
>>
>>
>>     
>>> As those of you who have read I have been having a hot starting problem.
>>>       
>> .I
>>     
>>> re wired my ignition  and tightened the screws on the ignition block at
>>>       
>> it
>>     
>>> seems I may have eliminated the problem.....  Kind of, now when the car
>>>       
>> is
>>     
>>> engine is at full operating temperature and I turn it off and try to
>>> restart the starter drags like I have a n old dead battery, When it
>>>       
>> cranks
>>     
>>> a few turns  it finally catches and the the engine roars to life,  It
>>>       
>> sound
>>     
>>> s like if it didn't catch right when it did the starter would have
>>>       
>> stopped.
>>     
>>> I have a fully charged battery and it cranks like gang busters when it is
>>> cold. . Is this something that 1. Is a common problem @. will be remedied
>>>       
>> by
>>     
>>> these high torque , higher speed starters. 3. What causes this?
>>> Boyd
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I bought three starters on Dennis' recommendation and they were not
>>>>         
>> marked
>>     
>>>> with any brand name. I have not had any issues either with the one
>>>>         
>> that's in
>>     
>>>> use.
>>>>
>>>> Tomas
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "dyogi" <dyogi at hawaii.rr.com>
>>>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:00 AM
>>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Starter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I was one of the first to purchase and recommend this starter from this
>>>>>           
>>>> Ebay
>>>>         
>>>>> vendor.  Mine was a new in the box Bosch unit.  Worked great, cranked
>>>>>           
>>>> hard
>>>>         
>>>>> and never a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Aloha,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis
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