OK so my motor is finally done after soooooo long and sooo much $$.

well i went to start the puppy the otherday and it ate my starter alive. kinda cranked funny twice and then chewed one of the reduction gears in the starter.

$85 later and i had the starter rebuilt.... thought it was just the starter so i give it another go.

cranks funky again and lets out a gear grind noise. hit the switch for little bumps and the motor goes fine. hold it to start and it seems too slow and it goes about 4 cranks and grinds.

stop again. double check spark plug wires( all ok) and I try it again...

cranks fine this time but no start and seems a bit slow. got about 8-10 revolutions and it grinds the starter again.

I have spark but no tach signal ( couldn't check the wiring yet ). I had to remove the baseplate to my carb to "break loose" the idle-eze screw and put it back on just fine.

I'm going to double check my valve adjustments but I'm 90% sure its not crashing valves because i can turn it over by hand.

I'm also going to remove my spark plugs to see if it has loaded up on fuel and hydra-locked. I hope that's not it but I can't be sure, i dont think so because it will randomly crank fine for a lil while like 8-10 revolutions then problem reappears.


PLEASE HELP, I'M ON THE VERGE OF GIVING UP ON STARTING MY $5000+ investment here

 

Is your timing too far advanced?

 

i had it set at what i believe to be 0* and tried playing with it. Didn't seem to help but I'll double check. I assume you are talking about IGN timing.

 

My girlfriend has an 81 delta 88 that did the same thing. I kept rebuilding the starter cause replacing the broken bendix was cheaper than replacing the whole starter...but it kept screwing up. Turns out that the solenoid was bad.

 

Brand new solenoid..... shnikies.... Thanks for the help guys... im continue trying and checking. i suppose im going to spend some money on rebuilding my dang starter b4 i figure this out....



Also i know the first post i made is really long but there are several items in there that i need addressed. If you read it thanks... if you help on one part thanks....

 

good luck. hope you don't need to dpend too much money figuring this out.

 

well i already doused the first $5k or whatever this motor has costed ( i don't keep track for a reason ) so if i have to spend $85 a couple times im sure i can bare it.


The guy who rebuilt the starter was pretty knowledgable so he'll prolly help.