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Purdy Swoft · 07-21-2010, 06:34 PM

Here is another real possibility. If the timing is just a LITTLE fast or advanced it will cause the starter to kick back when the engine is warmed up and it will act like the battery is too weak to turn the engine over. This condition will also bend the starter armature. I have a small box of bent armatures that was caused by my daughter forgetting to retard the spark on her model A when she was a kid.

07-21-2010, 06:34 PM	#14
Purdy Swoft Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 8,099	Re: Is this a battery problem? Here is another real possibility. If the timing is just a LITTLE fast or advanced it will cause the starter to kick back when the engine is warmed up and it will act like the battery is too weak to turn the engine over. This condition will also bend the starter armature. I have a small box of bent armatures that was caused by my daughter forgetting to retard the spark on her model A when she was a kid.