Newbie GREETINGS & Information

[Milk_White_Mule]

I was at a fraternal lodge that I belong to last night. (I volunteer to work the kitchen and cook and help with the bar tending etc)  While there one of the old mechanic's I've known for some time was by for a drink and to relax with his mates for a bit.   I got a minute with him and spoke of Tardis and it's starter problems.

He remembered those issues well and spoke of installing many a heat shield.  Told me that the starters with the solenoid on top tended to have this problem.   There were all kinds of fixes he said including an aftermarket plunger spring with less resistance.  But the piston in the solenoid (as he described it) tended to be made of a metal that expanded quicker than the material of he solenoid housing, thus binding itself until it cooled.  This is why the heat shield was the best remedy in his opinion. 

He went on to explain that a lot of specialty shops that dealt with this issue would actually rewire the "start" circuit wiring with a heaver gauge wire from the key switch to the "start pole" of the solenoid. 

When the starter fails most people see it as an inconvenience,  but it is a safety issue as well should your engine
falter while in traffic. 

Personally,  I've always had a preference for a manual choke equipped vehicle if the engine uses a carburetor.
(The driver has better control with that feature)

Very cool your efforts upon my behalf... My V.W. micro bus spirited mechanic whom still adorns a now salt & pepper hued pony tail said; " all that heat's messing with nature ". Your buddy's jargon's more engineer speak. All 'n all comes down to, to much bloody heat! Da cure may happen this coming Friday, install day; performance stater cloaked beneath an after market dual metal laminated heat shield. Stand by for turn key road test on the way home results... Milk_White-Mule ===> OUT!

 

[Milk_White_Mule]

Greetings; STATUS REPORT ===> Tardis, ( Nic Of R.V ), now cured of hot start problem! Da fix required an install of both a high performance new starter cloaked with a dual laminated off market metal heat shield. New starter 1/3 smaller than stock one; heat shield required custom tweaking to properly form around new starter. Total up grade allows both a physical heat barrier & provide vastly increased air flow over the entire component that's now further away from passenger side Banks custom headers/exhaust system. After 40 miles return trip to my abode shut engine off then immediately twisted the ignition switch where as starter engaged perfectly. Further installations for the day included replacement of two heater hoses, drain then refill radiator with 50/50 mix radiator fluid, replace radiator cap with production spec flow through type rated at 16 psi, fill radiator over flow res. to spec and repair both rear end skid wheels. * Hoping most future upgrades/repairs go as smooth as today! ** A good installation day makes up for many others that went way south... Milk_White_Mule ===> OUT!

 

[Milk_White_Mule]

Greetings to all once again from the Milk_White_Mule:

The restorations upon the National Inc. built 1987' 2740 21' class "A" dubbed TARDIS over the four, or more months, ( since my last site posting ), has finally reached a progress point where as it must be launched from it's dry dock facility here, ( I refer to as Mars ), and upon it's very first lengthy month long journey out of central California up the coast of Oregon. It's purposed ultimate & lengthy shake down trip is for the very first week of September. ( I've been in restorations since original purchase date being July, 8th. of 2015 which I consider her official birthday. ) The restoration point reached I mentioned means it's been road tested locally after each important power train repair say for 50 miles then on to the next important mechanical fix, road tested, next fix, tested & thus the pattern for an entire year. Eventually Tardis was road tested for a 300mi round trip in January of 2016'. Upon her arrival; shore power hook ups were established 24/7 for three days as well as water hooked up thus fully testing all water lines and fixtures beneath prolonged practical usage. Also all propane lines and propane appliances functionally, practically tested as well. *NOTE prior to 24/7 testing for that three days all mentioned systems & appliances was tested here upon Mars separately over many months. But they weren't tested for three full days 24/7 nor all together in practical use. Everything after three days checked out in good operations where upon Tardis completed her first 300mi. round trip to proudly land again back upon the surfaces of this angry red planet.

One year of critical thinking; guesses both good and bad; UN-told hours of online repair research; 'bout 200 hours of RV related YouTube video viewing coupled with varied RV forum read posts; Goggle & Amazon varied equipment searches and product reviews; business with five total local owned & run garages or RV repair facilities; so very much fiddling, wrench spinning, and, wondering; " just what in the Hell is that for? ===> was that a good noise? ===> why doesn't it still work? ===> GeeZ-Us how much is that now gonna cost? ===> Shheeeeettt a mouse ate that wire ===> how do people back up these huge mechanical turds? " ===> And sometimes seemingly seeing no soon end to ultimate completion I'd just plop down into a chair feeling just wrapped in numbness!

But mostly it's just been moments of AWESOME! And soon a prolonged blast off from the surface of Mars here towards thirty days of Tardis reality road testing & a hoped for nation wide tour. Started with small steps & now soon a slow jog as this 64 year old continues to deform in his meat suit beneath the force of gravity just an emotional prostitute of future travel adventures within the TARDIS! ===> Milk_White_Mule ===> Out!