Thread: Starter Dragging. Still!

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Originally Posted by DennyW

Your absolutely correct nfday. I retract all I said. Except the farmer part...

Thanks, Denny. I'm just an old shade tree mechanic and if I have any expertise at all it's in the electrical end. At one time or another I have encountered all four of the situations I posted.

Nothing to add, just a good post I want to follow!

On a different starter note had a friend with a high compression 327 in a 67 vette, who couldn't get it to turn over when the car was warm. The exhaust would heat up the starter and the resistence of electricity I guess would increase. He solved it by getting a high compression low profile starter. Now it works like a champ. Didn't drive his car for a year because of this problem!

Originally Posted by stovens

Nothing to add, just a good post I want to follow!

On a different starter note had a friend with a high compression 327 in a 67 vette, who couldn't get it to turn over when the car was warm. The exhaust would heat up the starter and the resistence of electricity I guess would increase. He solved it by getting a high compression low profile starter. Now it works like a champ. Didn't drive his car for a year because of this problem!

That's a fairly expensive fix. IMHO it would have been cheaper to install a heat wrap around the starer and/or replacing the positive battery cable with one of a larger gauge and better insulation.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

That's a fairly expensive fix. IMHO it would have been cheaper to install a heat wrap around the starer and/or replacing the positive battery cable with one of a larger gauge and better insulation.

Actually it was about $145.00 for a 25k car. I helped with the install, so that was free. Not too bad in my book for peace of mind.

Why did every one drop the starter brace question???? In the past ,and I work on small blocks more than anything else, If the brace is not on the starter you will have fits sooner or later. It will actualy put the starter into a bind. FYI there is more than one length for the brace too depending on block, and starter. Just because he said there isn't one doden't mean there shouldn't be one.