extractors = burnt out starter

the first time it failed was after doing around 3 hours of low range driving, mostly first and second gear stuff. both the solonoid and field windings were stuffed. I put this down to lack of air flow blowing the heat away.
It could just be the replacement unit was allready on its way out. Bummer. then again it was only a $30 special from the wrekers. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

at the moment the six is a hk? 186s which should have the heat shield mounts, but i dont think there would be enough room as the pipes are real close. dosnt matter anyway. The tape sounds like the best option. Even if heat is not the problem, keeping under bonnet temps down and the sound dedening will be worth it.

Michael2 - wrote
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Now if you had a Land Rover motor, you'd have had a starter handle. All these cross-species organ transplants are not good for the health of the breed.
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mate, i'm not driving a land rover. its a hk monaro with a landie body, chassis and running gear. :mrgreen:

There is/was a set from 'genie' of extractors that instead of hugging the block then going under the firewall they come out toward the guard then split either side of the engine mount and back under the firewall. I guess they would be the go if you could afford to change. Tape gets expensive if doing long distances, more so if you have twin pipes. 8O

Would have gone that way myself except I had VK commodo stuff lying around.

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Originally posted by shaunp
In my boy racer days I had lotts of hot red motors with big cams, big heads & 3 carbys all had extractors and never had problems with cooking starters.

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Growing old is inevitable..... growing up is optional. :mrgreen:

Remeber that it is not an uncommon fault with the Holden 6s for the starter to be temperamental. A bit of percussion maintenance usually does the trick.

As for the heat thing, go the tape and heatshield, makes a huge difference.

Only thing i can add here Crossy is that the stuff you're after is readily available at exhaust shops. Plus the best way to attach it is to use hose clamps at each end of the wrap + i use stainless wire to wrap the rest of it to keep it tightened down.