<VV> I'm thinking maybe the starter motor...

[Jim Becker]

I'm pretty sure it is the coriolis effect because they didn't put a left 
hand spiral on the Bendix.

Seriously, when you take the starter apart, the reason us usually obvious. 
The armature has been dragging on the pole shoes.  New bushings will usually 
fix it.  If this isn't it, the problem could be a winding that fails when it 
is hot.

Jim Becker

-----Original Message----- 
From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2020 4:11 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re:  I'm thinking maybe the starter motor...

I have had a number of starter motors do that ovr the years. Wait till
it cools down & they work just fine. I would like to know why this
happens - all I know is it DOES happen.

On 2020-08-05 21:12, Chris Ziebell via VirtualVairs wrote:
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> I have a relatively new battery that I keep on a battery minder whenever 
> I'm
> not driving her, and the battery minder says the battery is good and full.
> When I first start the truck, there is plenty of power to crank, and the
> beast always starts.  Today, it was time for the annual safety inspection,
> so I drove it 3 miles to the inspection station and parked it out front.
> When we went to start it, it barely cranked, as if the battery barely had
> enough power to make the engine turn over once.  Thankfully, that once was
> all it took, and the engine fired right up.  After inspection, I drove it
> home.  In neutral parked in the driveway, the alternator was putting out
> between 14 and 14.5 volts.  So, I think the batter is good, and the
> alternator is good.  It seems like it does this bogging down only when it 
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> warmed up.
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> Also, neither front turn signal worked today.  The rear ones worked fine,
> and the signal indicator on the dash blinked normally.  I'm used to it not
> blinking at all if a bulb is burned out, and I'm wondering why both bulbs
> would burn out at the same time.  I will open that up and look this 
> weekend,
> but wondering if there is anything else to think about related to that.
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