[Shotimes] Clarification on: SHO cranking but not starting

[James F. Ryan III]

Good to know, but I don't plan on buying a flathead.  Any automotive
technology used before the mid-60s is ancient and non-existent to me.

BTW, the first illustration on the page incorrectly calls the relay a
solenoid!!!!!!!!  But a few paragraphs down in the text, they correctly call
it a "solenoid switch".



James F. Ryan III


>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Tom Teixeira
>Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 11:02 AM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Clarification on: SHO cranking but not starting
>
>
>At 10:00 AM -0500 3/4/04, James F. Ryan III wrote:
>>To para-phrase my previous e-mail:
>>
>>ALL STARTER MOTORS HAVE A SOLENOID INSIDE THE MOTOR.  Your engine couldn't
>>start if it wasn't there.
>
>Actually, not true. I have an old flathead powered pickup truck.
>There's no solenoid inside the starter motor, and in stock form, no
>starter relay either. The starter switch was capable of handling high
>current, and is actually mounted on the floorboards, like headlight
>dimmer switches from the 50's, 60's and 70's.
>
>The starter motor engages the flywheel using a "Bendix drive". This
>is a purely mechanical device that moves a gear along a spiral shaft
>when the starter motor starts up, and moves the gear back once the
>engine is running and spinning faster than the starter motor.
>http://www.indiacar.com/index2.asp?pagename=http://www.indiacar.com
/infobank/battery1_od.htm
shows how the Bendix drive works, and also shows starter motors with
the starter relay on the starter (like Gen 2), and separate (like Gen
1).
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Tom Teixeira		mailto:tjteixeira@earthlink.net
Blue 94 5-speed 127K	http://world.std.com/~tjt
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