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Originally Posted by New'n72
Update on this porblem:
Last Fall I replaced the coil on urging from one of my automotive knowledgable coharts at the office. I didn't drive it much after that because the weather started getting cold and nasty.
I start it up periodically over the winter and early this Spring I went out to start it up and it barely turned over. Sounded like a dead battery, although I was at a loss as to how that could have happened.
I also thought that maybe the starter was giving me a problem since the bendix occasionally fails to engage when I start it up, so I asked the local mechanic's joint to get a starter for me. The old guy at this place said he bet on the battery and asked me to bring the battery in and he would put it on a charger and test it. It tested bad.
I bought a new battery. 800 CCA. Once I had the car started I took it back to the mechanic and asked him to check out the electrical. He found that the alternator/regulator was over charging the battery.
So..at this point I had a new coil, new battery, and new regulator.
As the outside temp. warmed up I eventually got out and drove for a few miles. Then I took it to work one day. Never had any real problems but the last time I had it out I smelled gas. When I got home I found dampness around the base of the carb.
It appears that the fuel filter connection had loosened up a bit.
I have driven it a couple times since that and I have not had to crank and crank like I did last Spring, after it warmed up to operating temperature and then sat for a while.
I'm thinking that my starting problem was a combination of these things: battery, regulator, and possibly coil?
I learned quite a bit while working through this problem and I appreciate all the help that was offered. Hopefully the difficulty "starting when hot" problem is gone.
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Don't be shocked if the starting problem shows its ugly head again. Notwithstanding the things you replaced the real problem may have well be the starter, and may still be. The new battery may just have enough power to overcome the issues with the starter. Bad news is, if the starter is going South it might just take another voltage regulator and battery with it. Of course unless it has been replace the battery ground cable could be playing a role in the whole scheme of things.