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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-17-2021, 10:17 AM
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Posted By katy
Re: Starter not quite up to the task after rebuild

I've had new batteries that after a day or too were NFG (not found good).
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-15-2021, 09:40 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,925
Posted By katy
Re: Starter not quite up to the task after rebuild

I assume that's the "lazy man's" way of doing it, rather than the tedious job of checking, scraping, checking, scraping, checking, scraping, etc, the clearance and fitment of the babbitt on each...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-12-2021, 10:16 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,925
Posted By katy
Re: Starter not quite up to the task after rebuild

Ditto.
Also, another item often overlooked is ring end gap. Not enough gap on even one ring is enough to make an engine overly stiff, especially when hot.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-09-2021, 10:02 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,925
Posted By katy
Re: Starter not quite up to the task after rebuild

If it's that hard to turn over I would surmise that whoever assembled that engine didn't know what they were doing. It shouldn't be that tight.
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