Hot Start 1950 Merc

[JayChicago]

Originally Posted by tubman

This discussion is kinda off the point as the post-48 Ford products no longer used that type of resistor.

Agree. Not applicable to this thread regarding a '50. Still felt the need to reply for those with a resistor, who may incorrectly think the resistor needs to cool down before they can get a good restart.

[Fritz]

Interesting find on the yellowtop 6v. I thought red was the only 6v version. Seeing the differences between the colors, most of us will need the red. (Yellow for high electrical loads, and applications without generators/alternators.)

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/op...-vs-yellowtop/

[Pvmt-Pndr]

Quick update. The optima was a great upgrade. I used the car to run multiple errands today involving roughly 5 stops of a half an hour or so. The slow cranking hot has been resolved by the battery alone. I still have long crank times when it's hot but it turns over so fast hot now that it doesn't worry me that it won't start now. I didn't count how many cranks it took to start it the last time but I'm guessing 7-10 rotations and it fired.

Heat soak and boiling fuel are my next guess.

[Bill OH]

Refer to my previous post regarding the carb