Loadrunner
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Hot start issues, unless plagued with the early electronic pickup coil issues or imilar woes related to heat affected electronic ignition components, are fuel, from fuel vaporizing, basically flooded and the only thing that starts a flooded engine is a foot to the floor, or near it. Give it some air, try not to blow it up when it starts.
Some people are better at this than others.
You can probably crank a Mopar starter for 2 minutes without hurting anything, ""throwing solder" from a hot armature.
Chrysler electrics were the best, as with the everyday repairs, like my boss first job out of school told me "I know you like working on Mopars but Chevys and Fords are our bread and butter".
The Chrysler gear reduction starter, maligned by every Chevy freak/Mopar hater out there [the 99%], went on to be copied by Nippondenso, Hitachi, others.
My voodoo procedure for starting old Mopar, with automatic choke.
1st, prime the carb, unless you do want to crank some oil up into the motor.
Like any first aid, open airway, let the gas down the manifold.
Crank engine. Always crank engine with your foot away from the gas pedal, because the choke is set and needs to stay in place for a minute before kicking down.
If it starts, keep it running.
If it starts and dies, shut key off.
Repeat priming procedure.
This time, a pump or two in case gas came up to the carb.
Crank, start.
I always shut the key off between attempts.
Never leave a key on/engine off, unless troubleshooting.
Some people are better at this than others.
You can probably crank a Mopar starter for 2 minutes without hurting anything, ""throwing solder" from a hot armature.
Chrysler electrics were the best, as with the everyday repairs, like my boss first job out of school told me "I know you like working on Mopars but Chevys and Fords are our bread and butter".
The Chrysler gear reduction starter, maligned by every Chevy freak/Mopar hater out there [the 99%], went on to be copied by Nippondenso, Hitachi, others.
My voodoo procedure for starting old Mopar, with automatic choke.
1st, prime the carb, unless you do want to crank some oil up into the motor.
Like any first aid, open airway, let the gas down the manifold.
Crank engine. Always crank engine with your foot away from the gas pedal, because the choke is set and needs to stay in place for a minute before kicking down.
If it starts, keep it running.
If it starts and dies, shut key off.
Repeat priming procedure.
This time, a pump or two in case gas came up to the carb.
Crank, start.
I always shut the key off between attempts.
Never leave a key on/engine off, unless troubleshooting.
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