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11-15-2010, 12:49 AM
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Anyone having heat soak issues with a summit mini starter?
So here's the scoop....
This is the second Summit starter that I have had on the car, When cold it cranks and starts beautifully. When hot I get a grind or slow cranking out of the starter. The engine is a 455, with Doug's 4 tube headers. Here's what I have done so far. New Battery Battery is trunk mounted with 00 Welding cable and all connections are clean, I soldered on the lugs Grounding cable run directly to starter bolts Starter engagement is dead on New Ignition switch The engine wiring harness is an M&H repop and new as well I was under the impression that the minis did away with heat soak, anyone else having an issue. I can wire in a ford solenoid, or is my answer a better quality mini-starter? Is there anything I might be missing? |
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#2
11-15-2010, 08:37 AM
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I had the same/similar issue with the Summit mini-starter on the T/A. I finally went the remote Ford solenoid route and that solved the problem. Also like the fact that the cable/wires at the starter are not 'energized' all the time.
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#3
11-15-2010, 08:52 AM
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I would get, mount and wire two ford solenods in parallel as I have found they are not holding up like they used to , as I have had two in the last 3 years weld themsevels up in the closed cranking position and belive me thats no fun once the motor starts!!!
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11-15-2010, 09:05 AM
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I have been having the same problem for three years and none of the solutions covered on this site have helped. I have the Powermaster starter so I don't think its unique to any brand.
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11-16-2010, 12:31 AM
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I have a mini starter on my 78 T/a 400 also. Running headers as well. My car after it gets hot, turns over great, just gets no spark. I've got a ten minute window, between when it shuts off and turned back on, if not I pull out the ignition module, put in a different one, it fires right up. Been doing this for about 10 years! I've done it in a Taco Bell drive through in under 6 minutes!! Would it be safe to say, the headers are getting the engine compartment to hot for a daily driver?
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