my 1986 trans am wont start when it gets warmed up after sriving awhile. if drive somewhere and then cut it off and trie to start it nothing happens until it cools off.i installed a new delco remey starter and the same thing happend. any advice on what to check for?

 

it might not be an electrical problem. Check out your fuel pump. Disconnect the fuel line to your carb. Have a buddy try to start it and see if any gas comes out of the line.

 

does your starter actually work when warm? i mean do you hear you're engine try to start or is there just nothing happening?

 

it a carb when i say nothing no crank the engine wont turn over its like a kill switch has been activated. all the accessories come on but no engine crank about 45 minutes later it fires right off.

 

i kind of doubt this is it but try a different battery. Maybe you dont have enough cranking amps in it or something.

 

Do you have headers by chance? If so sounds like heat soak to the starter. A heat sheild over the starter usually solve this problem.

 

where can i get a heat shield from

 

Summit and Jegs should have them for you. I think Mr Gasket even makes them. This is a common problem with long tube headers on alot of cars.

 

Yeah, Mr. Gasket makes an aluminum starter heat shield. You still might find that you need to replace your starter though. But the shield will help protect your new one.
You can also order it directly from Mr. Gasket.

 

Autozone has a solenoid heat sheild, i think theyre about 5 bucks

 

Cruzin Kaz was right about the heat soak. My '89 RS (w/out headers) did the same as well as my '76 Nova (w/headers) . A cure-all I've used on my Nova is mounting a remote starter relay. You can read about it at Nova Resource, they explain it pretty well. It's worked like a champ for me the past 3 years. Here's the link:

http://novaresource.org/starter.htm

I would only go to this if a heat shield fails to solve the problem (always start with the cheaper fixes!).

 

Having the same issue with my 91 RS. In high school it was a frayed wire to the starter and not carrying enough voltage, then a few years later it was the alarm's starter kill that was interfering, now with the new headers I'm getting heat soak...

The remote solenoid looks good, but it also looks like more work than I want to do if something cheaper and easier works. Question though, are heat shields a "one-size-fits-all" sort of thing or am I going to need to search around for something with a more specific design?

Sorry, late post...

 

shields will be specific for make of vehicle, as in GM, so it will fit many diff models...