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

Thu Aug 6 20:35:05 EDT 2020

Add internal worn contacts in solenoid.. with heat, not as good a marginal contact.. They get a coating and worn areas - recall for those of you who used to rebuild them. Increased resistance, poor connectors external and internal. Poor connectivity.. 
Chuck S

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From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Paul Fox via VirtualVairs
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:37 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
Subject: Re: <VV> I'm thinking maybe the starter motor...

 There are a few things that can cause those symptoms. A worn starter that's dragging, dirty or corroded cable connectors. Also to much advance on the timing when the engine is hot will do that too. The battery itself could be tired as well. Paul Fox    On Thursday, August 6, 2020, 08:09:28 AM EDT, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:  

 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 is
> 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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> Thanks
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