OMG. I need to see if my '98 is set up like that. I have never checked
the starter fluid. Do I just buy the fluid in the spray can?
JK :)
On 7/16/2011 11:00 PM, DML Digest wrote:
> DML Digest Sunday, July 17 2011 Volume 05 : Number 4383
>
>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:53:47 +0000 (UTC)
From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Little tube thingy on the end of the starter: what is
knox.james@sympatico.ca wrote:
> The baffles are for the turbo sound of a Chrysler starter as opposed
> to the noise a GM or Ford starter makes :-)
Aha! So its actually a little muffler then... :-) (But does it need
bearings?) ;-) Or maybe its there to make it easier to drain and then
refill your starter fluid. I've never actually tried putting starter
fluid in a starter, but it sounds like that idea may have some
potential as a good way to kick off a DML BBQ bonfire... :-)
- --
-Jon-
>
> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:13:57 -0400
> From: Tom Coulter<metalshop@optonline.net>
> Subject: DML: Little tube thingy on the end of the starter: what is (was) it?
>
> '97 Dakota Sport
> 2WD / 3.9L V6
>
>
> Having just replaced the front brake lines (no, they're no longer available
> at the dealer and yes, I did have to painstakingly fashion them to resemble
> the originals, and no, the section leading to the front-right will not and
> did not remove in one piece (therefore I had to splice), I spent several
> hours under my Dakota looking UP. One thing that caught my eye was a little
> piece of plastic tube ~5/16" dia. and ~3/4" long hanging off the end of the
> starter. It is next to one of the 2 studs that hold the starter together
> and would be on the end toward the FRONT of the vehicle.
>
> At first I thought it was some kind of "breather" tube, but - after I
> accidentally knocked it off w/ a stray knuckle (uggghh) - I noticed some
> strange "baffles" inside it.
>
> Does anyone know what this little tube is (errr "was")??
>
> Tommy
>
>
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