Posted by k6zrx on December 07, 2013 at 17:13:08 from (71.138.138.159):
In Reply to: Best Starting Car posted by Glenn F on December 07, 2013 at 15:59:17:
Out west, we are having about as much cold as we ever get, high teens, low 20's. Both my 1950 Dodge with its flathead six with six volt electrical and my '79 Mercedes turbo Diesel both kick right over with a touch of the key. These have been the most reliable and easy starting engines I have ever dealt with. Once they fire, I just take off, driving them easy until warmed up. I used to have a 1929 Ford Model A that would start right up as long as you set the mixture and choke right.
The worst was a 2004 Ford Ranger I had at work. It liked to run roughly and stumble and would sometimes just drop dead going down the road when cold. Never set any codes and both our mechanics and the Ford dealer could never figure it out.
Seems like all the new vehicles with the electronics like a lot of cranking before they fire off, especially the new Diesels. I know the computer I built and programmed for a friend's hot rod truck has a parameter for how many revolutions of the crank before it starts to inject fuel and have spark. Don't know the reason for this, but I suspect production cars are the same way.
That '39 Plymouth didn't have a Bendix "Folo-Thru" starter drive. Chrysler products didn't get that until I think 1949, my '48 doesn't have it. Those old ones, the starter would kick out if the engine tried to fire at all. The Folo-Thru would stay engaged until the flywheel was spinning faster than the drive or you let off the key.
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