Starting problem solved

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
Wound up being the new condenser I installed. Put the old one back in, started right up. Jim

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    One of those new Chinese one frome parts store I bet
    They aint worth the time putting them in
    Roger
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    My motto, when a car isn't running right: "it's always the condenser."
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Always go back and look at what has been done that could have caused the problem. And the old adage is still true, if is still working, leave it there. I've had the same coil and condensor in my Essex, and Jet, for over 40 years.
  • J Spencer
    J Spencer Expert Adviser
    I have run into a few bad condensers over the years as a mechanic - OOPS Automotive repair Technician nowadays. Back in the late sixties and seventies right or wrong when we did a tune up we didn't always replace the condenser but still listed it on the bill. Customers would question why we didn't insall a new condenser so it was easier just to add it to the bill instead of trying to explain
    the failure rate of new condensers.
    I believe the cost was only a buck or so back then I was not ahappy camper after doing a tune up, not having it start and then have to put the old condenser back in.

    Jim Spencer
    WNY/Ontario Chapter
  • TwinH
    TwinH Senior Contributor
    Have had bad ones here too. A new Napa one cost me a pair of expensive new mufflers
    on my 63 Chevy Belair wagon soon after I got it. It wouldn't fail till it got warm though. At freeway speed it killed the fire and filled my pretty new mufflers with fuel before it fired one more time. The KABOOM was epic as was the metal grinding on
    the road while I headed for the shoulder.Looked like someone had put hand grenades inside them...
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