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Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting?

To: "John C. Gottstein" <gottstein@erols.com>, <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Ideas for quicker engine starting?
From: "Dick Watson" <dwatson@feist.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:04:10 -0800
Reply-to: "Dick Watson" <dwatson@feist.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
John,

Do you mean you have to turn the key on/off 20-25 times or is that how many
turns the starter makes?

My '78 Midget requires 3-4 turns of the key after setting awhile and
probably 8-10 starter turns each time before it finally fires.
I think the automatic choke is not working properly. You might check that.

I ran into a guy at the Colorado Conclave that was having the same problem
and replaced it with a manual choke.

Good Luck

Dick Watson


>Now,  my '75 Midget, Cha Cha, runs really nicely, but since I really
>only drive it on weekends, it takes forever to start  after it has sat
>for even a few days.  I would say it takes about 20-25 turns of the key
>before the engine even turns over.  Any insight into how to achieve more
>successful starts would be appreciated.  I just changed the plugs, so
>that didn't do anything.
>
>As you can tell I'm not the most mechanically inclined out of all of
>you, but I sure am learning.
>
>Thanks a lot,
>                     John
>
>--
>John C. Gottstein     '75 Midget - Cha Cha
>gottstein@erols.com
>
>"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."
>          -Clemenza in "The Godfather"
>
>
>


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