Re: IML: Its Alive: Or Was 69 IMP

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

The starter has sounded unusual since when the original Holley was still on 
the car. The car has sat most of the last 4 years because it wouldn't quite 
pass emissions & when trying to get it to start, it took some effort. After 
much cranking last year, the starter sound get higher pitched all of a 
sudden & the cranking speed got fast then slow etc. With all the talk of 
jumping time on these cars, I feared this to be what was wrong. After 
getting it to start, it ran awful & now started leaking a lot of gas out of 
a pressure regulator someone had added. That's the way it has sat until now, 
nearly a year later.

 I've had a new Carter carb on the shelf for the past 3 years & finally 
decided to do the swap. I had feared the problem of the 5/16 to 3/8 fuel 
hose connection, but found that the 5/16 hose easily went onto the end of 
the 3/8 filter. I poured some gas into the new carb & the engine started 
right up & ran very smooth without any adjustments to the new carb. Even 
with the A/C running, it ran strong  & smooth.  I was going to take it onto 
the street for a little test, but decided to try shutting it off & restart 
first. All I got was errr  errrrrr  erraaaa. Even with a battery charger 
hooked up, it didn't seem to help. The positive cable was getting very hot, 
even after cleaning the terminals on the battery. The battery is almost new 
& borrowed from my 60 that I had just taken for a ride.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Whitney" <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Its Alive: Or Was 69 IMP


> I love carb work.  It's one of the best things you can do for your car.
>
> There is a slim possibility that your newly installed carb has allowed
> gasoline to pour into the cylinders (which does not compress), preventing
> combustion and giving your starter fits.
>
> Remove one or more spark plugs and check the electrodes.  You can skip
> number 8 if it's just too much of a pain.  Fouled?  Smell like gas?
>
> More likely, it's the starter or the associated wiring.  Check the battery
> first.  Put a tester across the battery poles and make sure it's above 12
> volts.  Not 12 volts?  Then you have a charging system problem or you need
> a new battery.
>
> Clean the posts and the inside of the terminals.  Do not reattach yet.
> Trace the battery negative post to ground wire and clean the other end.
> Trace the wire from the battery positive post to the firewall and clean 
> the
> other end of that.  Then clean the positive and ground contacts on the
> starter.  Now reattach good and tight.  Do you have 12 volts at the
> starter?
>
> If it still goes rrrrr...rrrrr...rrrrr then you probably need a new
> starter.
>
> Happy motoring,
>
> David
>
>
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> Now that the emissions testing for collector cars has been dropped here, I
> decided to do the carburater swap on my 69 so I can register it. It took 
> me
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> all of 2 hours to do the whole thing & when the car started up, it ran
> beautifully & probably smoother then it ever did the whole 10 or so years
> I've had it. I even had the A/C on & let the car run for about 45 minutes 
> &
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> moved it forward & back a few times.
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>      After I shut it off, it refuses to restart now. The tone of the
> starter is a little strange sounding & barely turns the engine, even with
> the good battery from my 60 in it.  I havn't had the chance to try again
> after the car fully cools down. I'm wondering if the erratic tone of the
> starter means its bad or do you think something else is wrong here?
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