[FWDLK] Fwd: 58 hard starting

[waytogo <eeyore@NETINS.NET>]

Subject: 58 hard starting
>
>make sure you have a grounding strap between the body and engine. it should
>be a
>braded type strap usually one the back of the engine to the firewall. the
>battery ground
>usually connects to the engine. the engine is rubber mounted to the frame.
>without this strap the ground relies on what ever path it can find to the
>body, linkages etc. this strap
>has been left unhooked on many a car and can cause many gremlins. does the
>car start
>up if you hand choke it, by putting your hand over the carb, the same as the
>starting fluid?
>jim 57-8 ply's 34 dodge trucks