Thread: No Start After a Long Rest

Originally Posted by back_in

Hi


Ian

Thanks for your insight.

dont use wet and dry on points.

use a dead credit card.

Originally Posted by back_in

Hi
your starter with a good battery will move your car far further than you wish to go
etc etc etc
cheers
Ian

Whats with this??
He thanks you and you go all postal on him? Just because he didnt treat your help as a tablet from god doesnt mean its not good help.
The rest of your post is just crap,
rude crap at that.
Not asked for, warranted, needed or tolerated,,

Thanks for all the suggestions - I haven't had a chance to look into this further and will try this week. I will put in a new condensor and clean up the points and see how I go. If no luck the 101 will come into play and to stop a bit of clowning about, maybe even some cranking on the starter in low range in the tight spots.

I will let you know how things go.

Garry

River actually the Normanby in Far North Queensland out behind Cooktown in the late 70's . Heading back from the Palmer River through the Conglomerate range , I pulled up at Battle Camp station. The ringers told me the Normanby was too deep to cross but if I had a go and got stuck I could borrow a cruiser on the other side keys are in the tray to pull mine out.
I had a go and got stuck well not stuck but engine ceased to propel me forward water was flowing through the side windows . I held the ignition key on start in low range 1st gear and wound myself 100 meters across a flooded river. When I got to the other side still wheel deep in water my wife or girlfriend she was then opened the door, out flowed the water my cassettes and everything else that wasn't bolted down. I thought my engine would take a lot of drying out but amazingly 10 mins later I hit the starter and she fired back to life. Diffs were full of water though . So there you go a starter motor can get you out of trouble and move you quite a distance if you have to and I didn't even take out the plugs
Mike.

Well had a bit more detailed look at the dizzy but I couldn't get the engine to fire up without pulling things to bits which I didn't want to do.

So I did my original plane and winched and towed with the 101. Took 6 hours to get the series 1 from the back yard around the front and to the opposite side of the house. I had forgotten how crap the turning circle is on a series 1, particularly compared to a 101 which is nice and tight.

And Ian - yes I did crank on the starter to get the car into its final position.

A bonus, this was that first time I was actually able to back my camper back into its spot in front of the series 1 - I have a tree in the middle of the front yard that normally restricts access but this time I just lucked it in and the ducks were aligned.

So the series 1 station wagon is going to have to live in this new position for a few years until its restoration begins.

Thanks for all the input.

Garry

Hi Mike and Garry
Good to see a OLD One who got told to pull his head in by and shot down by the Moderator.
Has learnt a lot more over many years, than the modern day internet experts.
pleasing to see the key, right gear will and does work.
cheers
Ian

Ian - I doubt that few people on here fail to appreciate your knowledge and experience on series vehicles and even more people on here would appreciate this knowledge if you were able to be a bit more diplomatic in your posts.

As far as cranking goes I have cranked at one stage or another every manual gearboxed vehicle I have owned and have used it many times to get me out of trouble. In the job I had to do it was never going to work over the entire distance - in the end I had to winch and tow the vehicle to the rough position I wanted it and then cranked it back and forward a couple of times but only over about 5 or 6 feet - even doing that the starter struggled and I now have to replace the battery cables as the insulation melted in a few spots.

Thanks for your thoughts and I look forward to drawing on your knowledge in the future.

Cheers

Garry