It did not have a problem like this.
The original starter failed to disengage the pinion gear when I released
the key from "start" mode. I drove the car not knowing what that rattling
noise was until I stopped it and restarted and figured out that I'd just
fried the starter.
The new starter works so much better/stronger that aside from this current
problem, I'm very happy to have swapped it out.
-K
--- ROGER COOPER <RCOOPER9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How was the car starting prior to installation of the new starter?
> RC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark E Blitman" <markblitman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Heat soak & my starter motor
>
>
> > my '74 is like that..try jiggling the gear shift lever before you turn
> > the key..sometimes this works..sometimes not...i have learned to live
> > with it...
> >
> > kenyon wills wrote:
> >
> > >I replaced the starter in my 1973 with a chain parts-store "heavy
> duty"
> > >unit. -Lifetime warranty!
> > >
> > >When the car is stopped after a prolonged run on the open road of 20
> > >minutes or more, the car will refuse to start until the engine
> > >compartment/block has cooled significantly, maybe 40 minute-worth.
> This
> > >does not happen in stop & go around town stuff, and the starter works
> > >strongly and well otherwise.
> > >
> > >When the symptom occurs, the relay on the solenoid can be heard to
> lightly
> > >click, but no physical movement of any sort occurs in the starter.
> No
> > >audible click as heard when the battery is low, so I'm assuming that
> the
> > >entire thing's expanded so far that it is just seized up. Works
> great
> > >upon cool-down immediately after.
> > >
> > >I'm suspecting that the starter is not defective, but is being
> exposed to
> > >too much heat from the non-stock exhaust pipe that runs within inches
> of
> > >the starter.
> > >
> > >Before I go and try to fiddle around with fabricating a sheet-metal
> heat
> > >sheild or buying heat insulating wrapping for the pipe, is there
> something
> > >that I'm not understanding here?
> > >
> > >=====
> > >Kenyon Wills
> > >San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area
> > >
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