Hard Starting Tips

And it has the advantage of killing all the insects in sight, once it fires up! LOL

Damm , my flyspray is water based , better change brands as I like camping things with multiple uses (And no thats not why I always take my wife camping).

Glen 20 or any hydrocarbon propellant that's used in most spray cans.

At least they are good consistent products Allan - The Supercheap brand seems quite variable to me and I wouldn't like to trust it in potentialy risky situations.

Ok SDG , I think I'm following you - you just spray it around the motor area when running and any change means there is an issue, probably beter to do that with the little tube attached to concentrate it and keep spray away from air intake a bit.

Yep. Thats it. Just spray near the carb air inlets, but not the actual air inlet at the filter.
Also found it good when testing a snorkel on a car. Spray when running. If a change in revs, means spray got sucked in, which will also mean water will as well.

Now thats a useful tip - I don't like snorkels and while I critize auto's they have one really good point - there is a hole thru firewall of my car where clutch used to go in previous models.

I have plumbed an air intake thru there so I suck air from inside the cabin , however the hole is only 1m above ground and could easily suck water so I will use your tip and test for good sealing around this intake.

Hey Robin,
That hose that sucks air from inside the cabin. I wonder how that would go vacuuming the carpets?.....LOL

(;=))

Cheers
Pop

MY thoughts too Ron but this was really one out of the blue that didn't occur to me.

Picture this , pulled up in into Knox city carpark in middle of big storm and key wouldn't come out.Rock steering wheel etc and jiggled key all over the place and still nothing. Rotated key , started the car drove in circle playing with steering and nothing so turned engine off again and it was now hailing, couldn't just walk away from car with key in it and weather was to bad to open bonnet and disable car some other way. Made some coffee (cars always ready for short trip) then casually touched key and it almost fell out - weird !

Drove home checked key against spare and noticed they were not exactly the same - spare key worked well , but 4 starts later spare key did same trick stuffing up my theory about just getting a new key cut .

So what was it ? - 2 hours with workshop manual revealed that Nissan Patrol key mechanically pushes a 1 meter long cable with a nylon inner. The cable goes down to the auto transmission and effectivily stops a shift lock mechanism from moving .

I.E. You can't take key out unless in park , and slack in cable didn't quite operate the "I'm in park" switch.

Even though I had no choice if I wanted a 4800 Gu please stand by while I kick myself again for buying an automatic.

Automatic everything.
Even includes automatic key retention!

The biggest killer of ignition locks is too much cr@p on the key ring, should always just have no more than 3 or 4 keys on it!

That was a td5 disco trait. They'd wait until you were at the bottom of a boat ramp or below the high tide mark at the beach then the barrel would die - speaking from experience.

Ron, if you go the other way and stick 24v into a 12v system you get some action..lol, plus smoking starters, melting wires, but have started a stubborn a#@$@ of a thing sometimes in desperate situations. and got away with it.

Cheers.
Axle.

In sedan racing in the 60's, it was common to fit 12V Holdens with the 6v starters from the FX/FJ era. Spun over the high-compression engines like there was no tomorrow.

There are a hell of a lot of diesels out there with completly non functioning glow plugs.
In our warmer climate they will start fine.
Untill the battery gets a bit sad or in cold weather.

If your diesel needs a lot of cranking speed...check your glow plugs.

A few years ago...I replence the battery in mine because it was not starting well on cold mornings......new battery fixed the problem.

I checked the glow plugs a short while afterward.....not one working.

Starts very promptly and eailsy after that.

Listen to the diesels of others......if it cranks and cranks, before it starts.....betya there is a glow plug problem.

cheers

I'm with you Ross. I have a can of "Start Ya Bastard" but only apply it to items of no significant value, like mongrel bloody mowers and assorted heaps of crap 2 stroke gardening machines.

Back in the 80's that was a regular pass time for us.
Bonfires, with a large collection of aerosol cans to liven things up.

Did you know that Bunnings charge $16 for a can of plain compressed air?

Is it "plain" air Mike? Or Chinese air with 'additives'.