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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 649 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 649 | The heat shield I put around the starter on my 350 helped, but I still get the hard start. So I'm thinking new starter or maybe gear reduction/mini starter? Any pros or cons? Recommendations/advise? Thanks | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | First of all, check the voltage at the battery posts, then at the output terminal of the starter solenoid (the big lower terminal of the solenoid) and see if there's a difference in those readings. Quite often, slow cranking is a result of too much voltage loss before the current gets to the starter- - - - -bad cables, dirty connections, etc. If the voltage drops below 10 volts while cranking, try a known good battery in the circuit before condemning the starter.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I had the same problem with the 350 in my 52 sedan, hard to start after getting warm, it would always start but made me wonder if it would...............after dealing with this, getting a heat shield, a hot shot relay, my wife asked me to have the battery checked,I told her it was not the battery.....................I was wrong, got me a new battery and no more problems, the old battery had a dead cell in it..........I dealt with this problem for a yr and half.. wifes are smart..
may not b e your problem but .....
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 | Chev makes a high performance starter they used on vans and medium duty trucks, Solved all my problems after getting a new battery,starter,ignition switch and new wiring. It is always the last thing to do it seems. P>M> me if you need more info.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 | I used a Powermaster mini on my 327/350 as exhaust runs very close to full size starter and was cooking it. Mini works great - lots of torque / no issues in 3 years. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 63 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 63 | cannot go past a relay mounted on the front support bracket . ignition switches on the relay the contacts of the relay are
1 connected to the battery cable at the starter motor
2 connected to the solenoid of starter
this bypass all the car wiring to deliver full available battery volts to the starter
cheap alternative relay $20 plus 60mins of your time fixed my 327/th400 truck and many others that have problems with hot starts | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | cannot go past a relay mounted on the front support bracket . ignition switches on the relay the contacts of the relay are
1 connected to the battery cable at the starter motor
2 connected to the solenoid of starter
this bypass all the car wiring to deliver full available battery volts to the starter
cheap alternative relay $20 plus 60mins of your time fixed my 327/th400 truck and many others that have problems with hot starts For a more detail explanation see: http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtmlBe prepared to talk forever.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 | as I said, just buy a high amp. starter from your local napa. | | |
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