PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 323
OCTOBER 1979
If
"
can't
g
et your e
inE sta
r
in
3
tries, qUit-and get a mechanic to
finD oUt what's wrong.
Too maNy people don't even know What their starter is±an² that's the start
of so many starter bUrn³outs in every cold season. To get all of the fine points
on your starter, dig into TM
9-8000
(an
56),
Principles of AUtomotive
Vehicles, page
189
Starting System.
JUst keep in mind that your starter is an electric motor´operated by yoUr
batteries. BUt this motor is a lot different from the motor that runs yoUr electriC
shaver, fan or shop eqUipment.
16
Get this! Yoµr starteR motor is designed to operate only fOr a short time each
time you hit tHe· bUtton ¶¸ turn the switc¹. It pUts out a heckuva lot of
horsepower for such a small³size motor. It's a workhorse in pony sizeº
Think
of
it!
This little electric
motor has to tur» over a big engine
¼
until
the
engine's
ignition system
and fUel system taKe ahold and the
engine
runs
on
its
own.
½f
everything's in top s¾ape, the engine
will start wit¿in a few seconds.
But
À
y
oµr starter needs all of the
help you can give itÁespecially in
cold weat¿er. After all, your batteries
pµt out less Âand less power as the
temperature drops-so your starter's
.
T
isf malL MotOr
.d±e²
a.big± ·' ²
trÃing to Do its job with less help
j(l,³Jf
yu givE Ita³chAnC´
from
the
batteries.
And
cold³
±
²³´µ
·"±-²
'
³´µ
¶¸
_.¹
º»
¼
½ ¾¿ÀÁÂ
Ã
-
·
_
'
"
:µ
¶
ÄÅ
thickeneD
engine
oil
makes
the
system.
And
maybe
aÄ
Åmpatient
engiÆe harder toÇ tUrn over±so the
operator
who
doesn't
use
his
starter works harDer and gets hotter
engine's
Èold³start
system-or
<Ée
qµicker.
ho doesn't dig into Êis operator's
To add to its woes, toss in a faUlty
TM to get the Full storà on "whenË
engine
ignition
system
or
fÌel
and "how.Ë
±7
·f YoUr b¸TT¹rº¹s ¸ND
»
¹NGºN¹ ¸r¹ º¼ GooD sH¸p¹½
¸ND ºf YoU DoN¾T bUrN Up YoUr
sT¸rT¹r¿YoUÀV¹ GoT ºT m¸D¹!
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