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Gear reduction starter
david_moore:
I am with you Brutus, Wouldn't it be good if decent dollars just rolled in by themselves and nasty interruptions like work didn't exist. I keep telling myself I love my job but sometimes it wears just a little too thin. Perhaps it is time to ask the boss for another pay rise!! Four Dollars aweek from the big boss is just not enough!!! :20
John - I have just had the distributor off my Corvette regraphed - picked it up today, maybe yours needs the same treatment? I'll be refitting mine tomorrow, hopefully the flood that we are experiencing in Sydney will have subsided.
jdunne:
David,the prob with the carb is fine mixture control leading to fluttering as the secondaries open.....mainly a prob in second and third gear...hard to fix except on a dyno..john:(
david_moore:
John - Hope you get it on the dyno and sort it soon. I bit the bullet and bought a gear reduction starter on the weekend, very flash indeed. Got it home and unwrapped it, sat it on my bench, must have stared at it for half an hour, thinking - Cor that is a real nice piece of work! And I still have not fit it, the old one has mysteriously started behaving. I guess it is waiting for an opportune moment, like 300 miles from home! :mmm
Scott81:
David,
If you get stuck somewhere due to starter failure try this; bang it with a broom handle or give it a wack with a hammer if you can reach that far under the car without burning your arm. I had my starter go on me one day, a guy walks up and we start talking about what's wrong, he says to hold on he'll be right back, grabbed a broom from his truck and poked at the starter while I fired it up, I just stood there amazed.....I thought he was just some nut. Turns out he was a mechanic. Little tricks you never hear of.
Brutus:
What sort off $$$ did you end up paying Dave and where did you get it from? Brand name?
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