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Starting troubles; Alternator? 700

posted by  clerick on  Sat Apr 22 08:19 CST 2006
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I agree with the starter as the culprit, i had a similar issue just this past week. Warm car and it was hit or miss it would turn over fast enough to start the car, when cool the car would crank right over. New starter and problem solved.
Turned out in this case that the lever that throws the bindex forward to engace the flywheel was sticking when it was hot, but moved freely when it was cool. I assume this is due to heat expansion. Since the bindex never fully retracted and was drawing some current i wasnt seeing a full battery either and with a jump from a portable starter or another car it would turn better and often start. Plus the constant draw from the starter was creating a ton of heat in the starting system and like another poster mentioned heat increases resistance, making the problem worse.

Good luck,
Jesse






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