i have never paid any attention as to what "goes wrong", just that when
they go south, they will not operate when hot.
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> One question though. What part of the starter is affected by heat to
> need more power? Do the starter bearings get tight? Do the stator
> coils somehow expand, does the rotor enlarge, do the brushes lose
> contact, or what? I just can't picture how heat would affect any of
> that. I know when any of these parts of a starter go bad, the starter
> dies, but how can heat make it tem****arily go bad? However, I am
> aware that metal expands when heated....... ????????
>
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>><letterman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:19:11 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt"
>>> <tedm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>><letterman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Last fall I bought a used 1990 F150. It ran fine all winter. Now
>>>>> we're getting warmer weather, and after I drive the truck for a half
>>>>> hour or so, it refuses to turn over, or turns over so slow it's
>>>>> rediculous. Once the engine cools, it starts right up.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a fuel injection 5 liter engine with manual trans.
>>>>
>>>>starter. Make sure the starter isn't right next to a hot manifold, if
>>>>it is there should be a heat ****eld.
>>>>
>>>>Ted
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is the starter prone to turning slow when it gets hot? Why?
>>> Every electric motor I have ever known work at most any temperature,
>>> not considering the load on them, like air compressors often trip the
>>> breaker in very cold weather, but that's because the compressor oil is
>>> thick. My engine oil should be thinner whne the engine is hot, and
>>> thats when it wont start. The other day I pulled home a heavy load of
>>> hay and the engine was working hard. I parked the truck went into the
>>> barn to disconnect the electric fence, got back in the truck (one
>>> minute after shutting it off), and it would not crank over. Acted
>>> just like a dead battery, yet all indications showed the battery was
>>> ok (volt meter, radio, horn, lights all worked). I decided to go eat
>>> before screwing with it. An hour later the truck started just fine.
>>> I always starts immediately when cold, even when the temp was 20 below
>>> zero in winter. The minute it gets hot, it wont crank over. That's
>>> why I thought the cylinders were flooding with gas va****.
>>>
>>> This is the first fuel injected vehicle I have owned, I know carbs
>>> used to va**** lock and flood cylinders, I dont know much about fuel
>>> inj. I'll suspect the starter, but it dont make too much sense that
>>> the temp would affect an electric motor of any type....
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
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