<VV> Fwd: Starter Question

[Ron]

When I was in college in Wisconsin, I used to bring the battery from my '42 
Ford 6 inside and set it on the steam radiator.  Reinstall it hot and the 
engine would spin and start every time.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HallGrenn at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: <VV> Fwd: Starter Question


>
> In a message dated 2/22/2008 11:06:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net writes:
>
> Big  copper disc inside the solinoid is pitted, AND the Bendix (starter
> drive)  is bad.
>
>
> What Harry said.  Easiest repair is to replace the whole starter and  send
> the old one back as a core.  If you have the time to putter you can  pull 
> the
> solenoid and see if the disc is mounted on a threaded shaft, remove it, 
> reverse
> and reassemble--but most discs that I've seen recently can't be  removed.
>
> As far as the Land Rover is concerned you might try putting a plugged 
> light
> bulb on an extension cord below the battery to increase it's capacity when
> things really get cold.  Same thing for the Corvair's battery as  well. 
> And a
> higher battery current means the starter doesn't have to work  as hard and
> there is less chance of overheating the wiring.  Higher  voltage=less 
> current and
> visa versa.
>
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
> DC suburbs
> '64 Brier
> '65 Corsa
> 2 '68 Monzas
>
>
>
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