Heat Soak and Sprained Foot
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 111
Likes: 0
From: South-western Ontario
Heat Soak and Sprained Foot
Ok. I'm pretty sure I've got a heat soak problem on my '79 and I've looked through the search facility. It seems a mini-starter will solve this? My question is which one is the preferred specifically for the heat soak problem? I'm not running headers and cost is not a factor. I want the problem to go away.
Ok, the sprained foot happened after filling up the car on the way home. It didn't start right away and I figured it was the same old heat problem on the starter. Embarassed, I put the car in neutral, got out and started pushing with one hand on the wheel to move it away from the other cars in line behind me. The car got going pretty good and my left foot went under the rear wheel. Once stopped, I let things cool for about 10 minutes and then away I went. While I was waiting for it to cool down, the comment from the gas bar attendant was ... Run out of gas already? How's the foot? I don't want to go through this again so Need some tech advice. The foot aches like hell.
Ok, the sprained foot happened after filling up the car on the way home. It didn't start right away and I figured it was the same old heat problem on the starter. Embarassed, I put the car in neutral, got out and started pushing with one hand on the wheel to move it away from the other cars in line behind me. The car got going pretty good and my left foot went under the rear wheel. Once stopped, I let things cool for about 10 minutes and then away I went. While I was waiting for it to cool down, the comment from the gas bar attendant was ... Run out of gas already? How's the foot? I don't want to go through this again so Need some tech advice. The foot aches like hell.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 111
Likes: 0
From: South-western Ontario
Paul and Gordon. Thanks for your replies.
Paul... Is that a full size starter?
Gordon... What model/brand of mini starter are you using?
I assume either would just bolt right up. I read somewhere awhile ago about the number of flywheel teeth. Does this apply here?
Paul... Is that a full size starter?
Gordon... What model/brand of mini starter are you using?
I assume either would just bolt right up. I read somewhere awhile ago about the number of flywheel teeth. Does this apply here?
Race Director
Joined: Dec 1999
Posts: 19,610
Likes: 778
From: Forked River NJ
Mine is the GM started tha tis used on the crate 502 and many other applications. I don't have the GM part number but if you search on the GM parts website I'm sure you can find it.
Part number 9000852
I found it for you.
Part number 9000852
I found it for you.
Last edited by Gordonm; Apr 14, 2005 at 09:14 PM.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 111
Likes: 0
From: South-western Ontario
Thanks everyone for your help. I've got the info on both now and am taking tomorrow afternoon off from work. I'll hobble over to the local GM parts supplier and pick one of these up.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Every 2027 Corvette Engine Explained
Joe Kucinski
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Verdad Gallardo
10 Ugly Corvettes That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,609
Likes: 12
From: Massapequa Park NY
Good luck with the foot. A friend of mine did something similar many years ago.
Ran out of gas and as the car was coming to a stop he got out to push. The car was moving faster than he thought & caught his foot under the tire & ripped him out of the car and ran him over.
He ended up in the hospital with a broken foot, dislocated hip, a lot of cuts and bruises, etc.
It's funny now 20+ years later
Ran out of gas and as the car was coming to a stop he got out to push. The car was moving faster than he thought & caught his foot under the tire & ripped him out of the car and ran him over.
He ended up in the hospital with a broken foot, dislocated hip, a lot of cuts and bruises, etc.
It's funny now 20+ years later
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 169
Likes: 0
From: Arlington Texas
go down to the local parts house and tell them you want a starter off of a 2000 chevy truck or tahoe with a 5.3. this is the starter that I use on my BB 69 and eliminated heat soak and I have use the same kind of starter on many SBC camaros and such works every time. Also if you play it right you can get one with a lifetime waranty and never have to buy one again.
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 211
Likes: 2
From: Houston Texas
Please post what you do and how well it works. I've got the same problem, but haven't gotten around to finding an answer. Right now I just make sure that I only stop where I'll be staying long enuf for everything to cool down.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 910
Likes: 20
From: Shorewood IL
Originally Posted by mr. creosote
Please post what you do and how well it works. I've got the same problem, but haven't gotten around to finding an answer. Right now I just make sure that I only stop where I'll be staying long enuf for everything to cool down.
I do the same thing here!!
AFter I get my new shocks and spring installed a new high torque starter is next on the list!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,097
Likes: 0
From: Olive Branch MS
St. Jude Contributor
And I thought I was the only one who had ever pushed there own car over there foot. Was push starting my 74 Camaro many years ago. Had some big wide a$$ 50's on the back and my right foot got cought under one of them. 
Fractured a bone.
Fractured a bone.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,028
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio Texas
Originally Posted by GDaina
Same one I use
thinking of replacing mine too. Is this a "mini-starter". can't tell how big it is by the pic. also, my starter has a staggered bolt pattern. this one doesn't appear to. does it and/or will it work on a staggered bolt pattern?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,063
Likes: 1
From: Beverly Massachusetts
Originally Posted by greyghost79
thinking of replacing mine too. Is this a "mini-starter". can't tell how big it is by the pic. also, my starter has a staggered bolt pattern. this one doesn't appear to. does it and/or will it work on a staggered bolt pattern?
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 111
Likes: 0
From: South-western Ontario
Update on mini-starter..... Went to a few GM parts depots today (London area) and no one has this starter the one Paul67 recommended) in stock! They couldn't even provide a timeline when they could get one. That's crazy for a releatively common part that fits so many years. I'm going to try brianlewis60's suggestion and look at the wreckers tomorrow, otherwise I'll have to go online and locate one from the US. The proform sounds like it will also do the trick.
Update on foot .... bruised pretty good and xrays today showed nothing broken, so I was lucky. Been medicating it with beer.
Update on foot .... bruised pretty good and xrays today showed nothing broken, so I was lucky. Been medicating it with beer.
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 208
Likes: 0
From: Chicago IL
For what it's worth Moroso makes a heat shield that works pretty well for me. It's an aluminum plate shield that fits around the starter and reflects exhaust heat away.
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34&prmenbr=361
Good luck
Gerry
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34&prmenbr=361
Good luck
Gerry
