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Re: Backfire/starting

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Subject: Re: Backfire/starting
From: "Dennis N Culligan" <dncullig@us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:19:23 -0400
Dick Taylor wrote:
>There are stories floating about that a stubborn starter can be coaxed
>into operating by "banging in with a long pipe". Where to apply the
>force or how many times one can get away with this is unknown to me.
>Still, I would test this theory rather than wait 30 + minutes for things
>to cool.

   I did this on my TR6 for most of a season before I finally swapped
the starter out.  I carried a 2x2 about 16"-18" and whacked the starter
solenoid any time it wouldn't start - 9 times out of 10 it made it work.

Dennis Culligan / 1976 TR6 - CF57948U - TR6IUMPH

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