[DeTomaso] starter electrical system problem

Pantdino pantdino at aol.com
Sat Sep 21 17:27:32 EDT 2013


I'll have to crawl under there and have someone engage the starter while I listen.
The good news is the car was on the lift for changing the brake fluid when this happened, :-)




-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sat, Sep 21, 2013 2:24 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] starter electrical system problem



In a message dated 9/21/13 14 22 8, pantdino at aol.com writes:



My perception is this:
  
 When engine was shut down one piston had finished its intake stroke and was sitting at the bottom with a cylinder full of gas vapor above it.
 When you crank the engine the piston moves up.  Plugs fire at BTDC, no?  So the plug fires before the piston is at TDC and the force of the explosion stops the piston and crankshaft at that point and the engine stops turning for a second until the starter moves the crank again.  I'm pretty sure this is what has been happening, because with the ignition switched off the starter spins the engine fine. 




>>>Ah, an interesting theory!   If you've proven it empirically, then it becomes more than just a theory. 

Your starter, however, is still a POS, and now it's a *broken* POS. :>)

Mike



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