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Re: [Healeys] Two hot too shart?

To: PG <britishcars@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Two hot too shart?
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:47:08 -0700
At idle in neutral with a stable RPM, push the clutch pedal in.  If RPM drops, 
that indicates the drag from the throwout 
bearing and thrust washers against the crankshaft is greater than the 
resistance of the input shaft.

That has been the case with every manual transmission car--without ECM--that 
I've owned.  Of course, there's another 
reason to start with the clutch disengaged.

Bob


On 7/3/2011 11:00 AM, PG wrote:
> I would have thought the opposite.....with the clutch depressed, the input
> shaft is disengaged and the only thing turning is the engine.   Whereas,
> with the clutch not depressed and the car in neutral, the starter has to
> turn the engine and the input shaft.
>


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