Pig wont start...
10-10-2011, 12:21 AM
#16
Burning Brakes
Very nice grill, working4it! 
10-10-2011, 03:02 AM
#17
Race Director
Worked on a few 318's. Chryslers of that era had a few problems but starters weren't one of them. They sounded bad but they rarely failed. I think I remember replacing 1. More GM and Ford starters than I could count but a bad Chrysler starter was rare.
My first car was a '67 MGB. After I spent a month or so doing the maintenance my uncle failed to do on it it was a pretty good car.
My first car was a '67 MGB. After I spent a month or so doing the maintenance my uncle failed to do on it it was a pretty good car.
My buddy's dad had a BRG '67 MGB. Nice car.
10-10-2011, 10:15 AM
#18
Instructor
Thread Starter
One of my first cars was a 74 Fiat...So easy to fix and repair...although it seemed like I was fixing something every weekend.
Mike-your right there is a very distinctive sound form Chrysler autos-Drum brakes-trying to connect those stupid springs...
BTW my pig started up fine again this morning. If it happens again I will break down and go ahead and replace the darn starter but in the mean time I will change the vent line and check valve.
Mike-your right there is a very distinctive sound form Chrysler autos-Drum brakes-trying to connect those stupid springs...
BTW my pig started up fine again this morning. If it happens again I will break down and go ahead and replace the darn starter but in the mean time I will change the vent line and check valve.
10-10-2011, 11:54 AM
#19
Race Director
The whine of a Mopar starter was distinctive. You could tell it was a Chrysler product without even turning your head to look. The starter solenoid in my 318 Plymouth Belvedere gave me problems and I replaced it; the car probably had about 80K miles on it and still otherwise ran like a top. It was a hand me down from my parents. The first car I actually bought myself was a used 1969 Plymouth GTX 440, Hurst 4 speed, 3.54 Dana, drum brakes, no power steering, with <10k miles on the clock. Paid $1800 for it. My buddy's dad had a BRG '67 MGB. Nice car.
My buddy's dad had a BRG '67 MGB. Nice car.
10-10-2011, 02:17 PM
#20
Race Director
Imagine what you could have gotten for that car about 5-6 yrs ago??? My MGB was Blue w/ black int/top. First car I bought myself was a '67 BMW 1600. It was a LONG time before I ever bought a NEW car and to this day I haven't owned many. Wife gets new cars, I get the pre-abused ones.
I also owned a BMW 2002. What a nice little car, but it had the big rubber trimmed bumpers required in the mid '70's. The earlier ones like yours were truly classic.
10-10-2011, 03:00 PM
#21
Instructor
Any chance the cylinder walls got washed down with fuel during the quick start up, move out of the garage and back? This would cause low compression (so low that you'd swear the engine wasn't turning over, all you hear is the starter motor whining) because the oil film is washed away and until the fuel evaporates you have low compression. Viola, compression returns and the engine starts.
I've had this happen before on a Mustang Cobra (fairly well known "problem" on that engine).
I've had this happen before on a Mustang Cobra (fairly well known "problem" on that engine).
10-10-2011, 07:09 PM
#23
I thought that was just a rotary engine thing, but it certainly sounds similar.
(I've owned 3 RX-7s and it's a part of my being to never start a cold, fuel-injected rotary to move it and then shut it off)
(I've owned 3 RX-7s and it's a part of my being to never start a cold, fuel-injected rotary to move it and then shut it off)
