The reason that it is easier to start in neutral is that when you depress the
clutch you put all of the force it takes to open the clutch diaphragm on to
the flywheel and crank shaft. When it4is in neutral there is no such force
applied to the rotating parts of the engine and it is thus easier for the
starter to spin the engine.
Magnus Karlsson
www.concourshealeys.com
3 jul 2011 kl. 20.00 skrev PG:
> I would have thought the opposite.....with the clutch depressed, the input
> shaft is disengaged and the only thing turning is the engine. Whereas,
> with the clutch not depressed and the car in neutral, the starter has to
> turn the engine and the input shaft.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
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> On Behalf Of insptwo at msn.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 10:28 AM
> To: healey help
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Two hot too shart?
>
> When your Healey sits hot and does not want to start, try placing it in
> neutral, do not depress the clutch, and hit the starter. Several years ago
I
> was having that problem in the Florida summers when I ran it and stopped
for
> while. The temp gauge would go up to over 212 when it sat for a short time.
> Starting the car without the clutch being depressed appears to lessen the
> drag
> on the starter and the engine spins faster.
> Bill
> BJ7 >
>> I have been having an issue with the BN7 for a couple years now. It
>> seems that in hot weather driving that once the temp guage reaches 190 or
>> higher that it does not want to idle too well and will cut off. It is
>> impossible to restart for a while after this happens.
>>
>> Also, if I stop for a
>> bit and say go into store then restarting is impossible. When I come out
> the
>> guage may read 212 or so. This is what happened today. After about 20
>> minutes cooldown and the guage dropped to 190 it started right up and I
> was
> on
>> my way.
>>
>> Other than this the car runs well under all conditions.
>>
>> Any thoughts
>> out there?
>> Keith
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