Chrome starters take 4 of them... the chrome adds more resistance.
Otherwise it just spins. :)
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM, John Dunlap <jsdunlap@roadkill.org> wrote:
>
> I understand it works better if you put 3 standard 12v batteries in
> parallel before trying to operate starters under these conditions
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:42 PM, <knox.james@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > A squeeze bottle or syringe filled with light starter fluid is the usual
> service procedure .
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim : 91 Dak 318 premag
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
> >>> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
> >>> `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> End of DML Digest V5 #4383
> >>> **************************
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
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