Larry,
This is the most wonderful setup as to why you can't make it Norristown
I've heard!
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
PS, sounds like your starter bushings may be terminally worn or very dry.
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:39:31 -0500 Larry Macy
<macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu> writes:
>My starter is acting up in the cold. The symptoms are as follows. Last
>
>week, temp in the low teens in the AM, the starter engages the
>flywheel
>and stops, will not disengage. Rock the car to get it frre and try
>again.
>After several tries it finally works. This has ahappened a couple of
>times in the last week, in the mornings. After driving the car the
>starter works just dandy. However last night, after I went to dinner I
>
>went to startt the car and nothing, no spinnig of the starter, no
>clicking of the solenoid, nothing. Pushed it to get it started, runs
>just
>dandy. Drove home and tried it a couple of times while rolling (just
>in
>case) and all was well. Got home last night and plugged in the
>magnetic
>heater and slapped it on the oil pan and this AM all was right with
>the
>world. Started right up.
>
>So anyway, there is definately something wrong. I am having a hard
>time
>getting the car to start after it cold soaks for a couple of hours. I
>am
>not sure if it is the starter (although the not releasing from the
>flywheel suggests that is at least a part of it) or the solenoid, the
>bit
>about not even engaging or clicking last night.
>
>I know it is not the battery, I checked.
>
>Any ideas?? Or do I just get a new starter?
>
>Larry
>
>Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>System Administrator/Manager
>Neuropsychiatry Section
>Department of Psychiatry
>University of Pennsylvania
>3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
>Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
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