Re: [HSS] Starting problems

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coffeepace wrote:

>

> Hi, I have been having some troubles starting my 1926 Hudson. The car

> will start fine when it has been sitting for a while. The car runs

> and drives well. The problem occurs when I want to stop the car and

> restart it. When I try to restart it it does not want to start. It

> seems to do this all of the time now and I have tried different

> techniques to get it to start (choke, some choke, no choke, spark

> settings different, etc.) The only way I have been able to get it to

> start is to purposely flood it by pulling up on the float needle

> valve and then turning it over a few times until it fires. The car

> has an electrical fuel pump. I have also had some problems with the

> battery. I am wondering if this is connected to my starting problem.I

> recently drove the car at night for a while and I left the lights on

> while idiling for about ten minutes (which I should not have done).

> When I went to drive off the car died and the battery was completely

> dead. The ammeter had been showing a charge. How much should it

> normally show? After using my battery charger to jump the car (which

> took several attempts) the car would start to die if I ran with the

> lights on. Any suggestions for starting or why the battery may be

> losing charge? Thanks, Pace

>

It's hard to pinpoint any particular problemby remote control, but the

first thing you should do is get your battery load tested at a reputable

auto electrician. The normal charge rate for these generators is

around 12 amps, which should keep the battery up for normal

operations. When the starting proble manidest itself, have you checked

the spark? Remove the high tension from the centre post of the

idstributor cap, hold it about half an inch away from earth, and flick

the points open, you should have a good fat white spark jump the gap.

Most common problems with hard starting hot are flooding of the carby,

or a crook condensor. Or conversely, the heat could evaporating the

fuel out of the carburettor bowl and giving a vapour lock. Good luck,

Geoff.