[DeTomaso] Hot Start Issue

[bill gaino]

I had a simaler   problem with an early corvette. The wire from the switch to the solinoid was stiff from being heated and power draw for many years. The wire could not carry the full voltage to the solinoind and it would just click. I replaced the wire and it was fixed. If your car is turning over, just slow with drag, you need better starter-battery, reduced timing.  Bill 1362

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-----Original Message-----
>From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
>Sent: Dec 15, 2014 9:36 AM
>To: detomaso at poca.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Hot Start Issue
>
>Also, if your ignition timing is off (too advanced), it will be much 
>harder to start when warm.
>
>Asa  Jay
>
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
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>On 12/15/2014 1:59 AM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
>>     In a message dated 12/14/14 22 10 26, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:
>>
>>       About 2 out of three times,
>>       when I go to start the car again to back it in to the garage,
>>       usually after
>>       less than five minutes after I shut it down, it barely wants to turn
>>       over,
>>       and starts with difficulty.  Am I getting some vapor lock?
>>
>>     >>>Vapor lock is a carburetion issue (fuel percolates/evaporates in the
>>     fuel lines or carb).  That has nothing to do with the starter.  A car
>>     with vapor lock turns over just fine but the engine doesn't start
>>     because there is no fuel.
>>     You are describing a simple electrical issue.  It's either a starter
>>     that has gone bad, a weak battery, or poor connections somewhere. My
>>     Pantera started to exhibit exactly the same symptoms (perhaps not to
>>     the same degree), and it was fairly easy to cast a critical eye on the
>>     12-year-old battery.  Replacing that fixed the problem immediately.
>>     Having said that, I wouldn't necessarily run right out and buy a
>>     battery as your first step (unless you know your battery is similarly
>>     old).  But borrowing a battery from another car (be sure it's not too
>>     tall so that hood clearance becomes an issue) can help with the
>>     troubleshooting.  If another battery fixes the problem, you've found
>>     the problem and it's time to buy a new one. :>)
>>     Mike
>>
>>
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