The baffles are for the turbo sound of a Chrysler starter as opposed to the noise a GM or Ford starter makes :-)
Jim : 91 Dak
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> From: jon@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Little tube thingy on the end of the starter: what is (was) it?
> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:21:42 +0000
>
>
> Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
> > Most starters have them, I've always assumed it was a breather/drain -
> > perhaps baffled for some reason?
>
>
> Yep, its a drain tube. Here's a link to an extremely long, boring
> patent submitted by Denso for the starter drain tube:
>
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7501732.pdf
>
> The patent doesn't actually explain why the drain tube is
> necessary, nor why the baffles (sorry, "labyrinthine structure"
> according to the patent) ;-) are necessary, but it does at least say
> that it is a "water drain".
>
>
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