Starter Swan Song

Originally Published 24 Oct 2007
This weekend, which was the last of the warm weather I'm afraid, the starter finally up and quit. It has been on there from the looks of things for years. We pulled it off the car and opened it up to see what was wrong with it, and the brushes on had wore down to the point that they were through the brush holders! After doing a little searching, I found one at the local parts store and voila! Now the beast starts like she's supposed to. I also did some adjustments to the timing and fuel mixture (it was running too rich) and she is purring better now that before I put the new carb on. Life is good.....