An easy way to check to see if advanced timing is causing the engine to kick
back, without disturbing your settings, is to pull the secondary (HV) wire
out of the center of the distributor cap and ground it, then try cranking.
You know the cylinder isn't trying to fire if there's no spark.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Heat soak & my starter motor
> Quoting kenyon wills <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I replaced the starter in my 1973 with a chain parts-store "heavy duty"
> > unit. -Lifetime warranty!
> >
>
> K: I have a similar symptom in my 68 Sedan. However, this car seems to
have a
> relatively wild cam in it, while the distributor advance curve is
standard. As
> a result, I have advanced the heck out of it to get maximum performance,
so the
> tiiming at low speeds is very high (over 20 B TDC). In my case, I think
the
> hestitation when real hot is related to the timing (as well as the other
> facrots, like high temperature increasing the resistance of the coils and
> limiting the current). Try retarding the timing and see if that helps the
> situation. Of course, that contradicts my previous statement regarding
fuels.
> As for my Sedan, it will get started super hot, eventually.
>
> D^2
>
>
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network