Put an amp meter on the stater line and see if it
draws more when engine is hot then cold. Oil leaks in
valve covers can cause starter problems. If you have a
440 they were notorious for this. Exhaust manifold
would cook the out side of the cork gasket. They make
a heat proof valve cover gasket for the 440 now. I
had to do this with my winni-baggle. I fixed the
gasket and rebuilt the starter and didn't have any
more problems with it. RC --- Christopher Hoffman
<imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jason,
>
> Did it seem to crank a little bit slowly, or at
> least seem to run the
> battery down more rapidly than usual?
>
> I say this because your starter might be on its way
> out. I do not know how
> many miles you have on yours, but when the starter
> begins to wear, it
> becomes increasingly susceptible to hot-start
> problems, mostly because the
> whole thing expands, making cranking harder on the
> starter itself.
>
> I thought for years I had a fuel problem when my '67
> was hot (and it's
> probably almost as hot under the hood after 30
> minutes sitting than it was
> when you turned it off), when it was nothing more
> than a 35-year-old starter
> with 123,000 miles on it gently begging mercy.
>
> I'd have your starter draw checked first, then go
> after any possible fuel
> delivery issues.
>
> Just my $0.02...
>
> Chris in LA
> 67 Crown
> 78 NYB Salon
>
>
> jason reizner (jreizner_lists@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
> > yesterday i was out driving my new '68 hardtop for
> > about an hour and got it good and hot, after which
> i
> > parked it for about a half hour on the street
> while
> > running some errands. when i came back, the car
> would
> > crank, but wouldn't catch for the life of me,
> sounding
> > like it wasn't getting any gas. figuring i had
> lost
> > the original fuel pump to the mtbe in the gas
> here, i
> > had the car towed home. upon investigating, i
> found
> > the pump to be fine and the new filter to be
> > unrestricted. i just tuned the car up this
> weekend,
> > and verified the ignition system is in top form,
> so
> > i'm pretty sure this was a fuel problem. what's
> > strange is that i went to go start the car cold
> this
> > afternoon, and she kicked right over and ran just
> > fine, leading me to believe this is an issue with
> > vapor lock.
>
>
>
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