[elky] Re: New starter
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:57:31 -0500
I didn't do much with the Elky at all this year, but plenty with the Monte.
I am interested in what you come up with on the Elky. I would love to get
some relief on the warm up too. It seems to idle much faster than it needs
to, and it's probably because it's rich. If it was in the middle of winter,
that's one thing. But on a warm day, it takes 5+ minutes to idle down on
it's own. I have the heated O2 sensor too.
Also, when I put it in park, it idles really high for a couple minutes. Some
of the problem may be the worn bushings. I have struck out on finding
another throttle body to rebuild. This one has all new sensors (IAC & TPS) I
know the butterflies stick when the idle screw is set from the factory. I
had to crank it up a ways, and that screws with the IAC ports. I have always
had that idle problem because of that.
I am sure happy with the overdrive at 40 instead of 30 chip you burned for
me.
Let me know how it goes.
JC
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John Christensen
1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
Saint Charles, IL
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, on Robert Adams' advice I bought this:
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=330362232675&view=all&tid=0
>
> It arrived yesterday. This starter is *small.* It can easily be handled
> with one hand. The stock 10MT starter is a really heavy object and hard to
> position even with two hands.
>
> The reason I want to replace the starter is heat soak. It seems to be more
> of a problem with the 350 than with the 305, but it happened with the same
> starter on the 305 as well. The miniature starter will be farther away
> from the exhaust manifold, so it should help a lot.
>
> I was finally able to locate some 2732A PROM chips at Jameco. They are
> used, but they will work. I have several 2732D chips but for some reason
> my burner will not burn them; they seem to require higher current. I will
> tinker with my ECM programming to lean out the crank and cold-start
> air-fuel ratios. It is way way way too rich at cold start and this hinders
> drive-away in the morning.
>
> This stuff is arriving right when it's starting to be cool enough for me to
> actually want to be in the garage at all.
>
>
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