Welcome to my world. I've been going through this with my '82 for almost a year. The most likely culprits are a heat soaked starter and vapor lock. When you crank it over hot is the starter strong or does it seem a little weak? If the car is cranking hard it is most likely *not* the starter. Vapor lock is when the fuel in the lines turns to vapor and cannot be pumped. Try pouring a little fuel into the carb-does the car start right up on that gas? Check your fuel lines, a tiny leak can make this much more likely to happen.
My understanding is that the ballast resistor is bypassed during starting so I doubt that is a likely culprit. The traditional sign of a failed ballast resistor is a car that starts and dies I soon as you release the key to the run position.
Rob
From: ADMBLK@xxxxxxx Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: IML: Hot Starting?? 1967 imperial Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:00:39 EDT
Does anyone have any idea on starting problem after the vehicle has been
been running and hot. Basically, the car has a hard time starting after
short trips.. turns over.. cranks.. cranks.. most of the time starts after some
work.
Thanks
1967 Crown imperial
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