Re: Re: DML Digest V5 #4383

From: John Dunlap (jsdunlap@roadkill.org)
Date: Sun Jul 17 2011 - 16:14:21 EDT


I understand it works better if you put 3 standard 12v batteries in parallel before trying to operate starters under these conditions

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On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:42 PM, <knox.james@sympatico.ca> wrote:

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>> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:50:10 -0500
>> From: richardfiser@mchsi.com
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> Subject: DML: Re: DML Digest V5 #4383
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>> 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?
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>> JK :)
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>> On 7/16/2011 11:00 PM, DML Digest wrote:
>>> DML Digest Sunday, July 17 2011 Volume 05 : Number 4383
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>> 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
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>> knox.james@sympatico.ca wrote:
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>>> 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... :-)
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>> -Jon-
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>>> 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?
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>>> '97 Dakota Sport
>>> 2WD / 3.9L V6
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> Does anyone know what this little tube is (errr "was")??
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>>> Tommy
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>>> .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>>> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
>>> `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
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>>> End of DML Digest V5 #4383
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