Hello
I agree with David. I think that maybe you should check the starter. If your battery cable is heating up I am thining that it is taking too many amps to try and turn the starter. They are a pretty easy find and I think that woudl solve your problem. Although....I am not really fond of replacing a starter on a 69 imperial. they are a bit of a pain but to get in and drive them afterwords makes it all worthwhile!
Tony Fornter 70 imp 71 imp 90 imp
From: "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: IML: Its Alive: Or Was 69 IMP Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:14:23 -0700
The starter has sounded unusual since when the original Holley was still on the car. The car has sat most of the last 4 years because it wouldn't quite pass emissions & when trying to get it to start, it took some effort. After much cranking last year, the starter sound get higher pitched all of a sudden & the cranking speed got fast then slow etc. With all the talk of jumping time on these cars, I feared this to be what was wrong. After getting it to start, it ran awful & now started leaking a lot of gas out of a pressure regulator someone had added. That's the way it has sat until now, nearly a year later.
I've had a new Carter carb on the shelf for the past 3 years & finally decided to do the swap. I had feared the problem of the 5/16 to 3/8 fuel hose connection, but found that the 5/16 hose easily went onto the end of the 3/8 filter. I poured some gas into the new carb & the engine started right up & ran very smooth without any adjustments to the new carb. Even with the A/C running, it ran strong & smooth. I was going to take it onto the street for a little test, but decided to try shutting it off & restart first. All I got was errr errrrrr erraaaa. Even with a battery charger hooked up, it didn't seem to help. The positive cable was getting very hot, even after cleaning the terminals on the battery. The battery is almost new & borrowed from my 60 that I had just taken for a ride.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Whitney" <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Its Alive: Or Was 69 IMP
I love carb work. It's one of the best things you can do for your car.
There is a slim possibility that your newly installed carb has allowed gasoline to pour into the cylinders (which does not compress), preventing combustion and giving your starter fits.
Remove one or more spark plugs and check the electrodes. You can skip number 8 if it's just too much of a pain. Fouled? Smell like gas?
More likely, it's the starter or the associated wiring. Check the battery
first. Put a tester across the battery poles and make sure it's above 12
volts. Not 12 volts? Then you have a charging system problem or you need
a new battery.
Clean the posts and the inside of the terminals. Do not reattach yet.
Trace the battery negative post to ground wire and clean the other end.
Trace the wire from the battery positive post to the firewall and clean the
other end of that. Then clean the positive and ground contacts on the
starter. Now reattach good and tight. Do you have 12 volts at the
starter?
If it still goes rrrrr...rrrrr...rrrrr then you probably need a new starter.
Happy motoring,
David
"jsadowski"
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Now that the emissions testing for collector cars has been dropped here, I
decided to do the carburater swap on my 69 so I can register it. It took me
all of 2 hours to do the whole thing & when the car started up, it ran
beautifully & probably smoother then it ever did the whole 10 or so years
I've had it. I even had the A/C on & let the car run for about 45 minutes &
moved it forward & back a few times.
After I shut it off, it refuses to restart now. The tone of the starter is a little strange sounding & barely turns the engine, even with the good battery from my 60 in it. I havn't had the chance to try again after the car fully cools down. I'm wondering if the erratic tone of the starter means its bad or do you think something else is wrong here?
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