I can remember when my Bugeye acted like that. I would routinely raise
the hood (to chase the cats out) and manually pump the fuel pump a few
times. That seemed to do the trick for me. Drive the car more often.
It's good for your mental health.
Bill Walters
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:54:58 -0500 Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>
writes:
>My '78 acts just like Dick's '78. 3-4 turns of the key to fire, 6-8
>engine
>rotations apiece. Only I have a manual choke already. But who the
>heck knows
>what else could be causing it on My Little Money Pit... I'll worry
>about
>delayed starting when all else runs correctly (i.e. 2010 or so).
>
>Mike
>
>'78 Midget: "My Little Money Pit"
>'87 300zx: Just "the z..."
>
>Dick Watson wrote:
>>
>> John,
>>
>> Do you mean you have to turn the key on/off 20-25 times or is that
>how many
>> turns the starter makes?
>>
>> My '78 Midget requires 3-4 turns of the key after setting awhile and
>> probably 8-10 starter turns each time before it finally fires.
>> I think the automatic choke is not working properly. You might check
>that.
>>
>> I ran into a guy at the Colorado Conclave that was having the same
>problem
>> and replaced it with a manual choke.
>>
>> Good Luck
>>
>> Dick Watson
>>
>> >Now, my '75 Midget, Cha Cha, runs really nicely, but since I
>really
>> >only drive it on weekends, it takes forever to start after it has
>sat
>> >for even a few days. I would say it takes about 20-25 turns of the
>key
>> >before the engine even turns over. Any insight into how to achieve
>more
>> >successful starts would be appreciated. I just changed the plugs,
>so
>> >that didn't do anything.
>> >
>> >As you can tell I'm not the most mechanically inclined out of all
>of
>> >you, but I sure am learning.
>> >
>> >Thanks a lot,
>> > John
>> >
>> >--
>> >John C. Gottstein '75 Midget - Cha Cha
>> >gottstein@erols.com
>> >
>> >"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."
>> > -Clemenza in "The Godfather"
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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