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Sep 11, 2015 | 08:19 AM

onearmbob

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My 1985 sometimes won't start right away if the temperature is above 200.I replaced the starter and that didn't fix the problem. I've been told that they run that temp normally. Any suggestions for me

Sep 11, 2015 | 08:24 AM

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Yes, 200 is quite normal. Why did you replace the starter? Does the heat make it crank slowly, or not at all?

Sep 11, 2015 | 08:24 AM

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Check the coil when going bad they don't like to start hot.

Sep 11, 2015 | 12:06 PM

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Yes, 200 is quite normal. Why did you replace the starter? Does the heat make it crank snlowly, or not at all?

it would not turn over at all when the temperature was over 200

Sep 11, 2015 | 12:10 PM

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it would not turn over at all when the temperature was over 200

check your battery connection both sides grounds too. might be a bad cable or battery.

Sep 11, 2015 | 12:18 PM

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check your battery connection both sides grounds too. might be a bad cable or battery.

The cables and ends are all new so is the ground straps I even have a Optima battery

Sep 11, 2015 | 12:28 PM

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does it have a fuseable link by the battery? Or a power block by it?

Is it trying to turn over or clicking?

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Sep 11, 2015 | 01:19 PM

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I even have a Optima battery

I had lousy luck with three of those.

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Sep 11, 2015 | 05:46 PM

DinoBob

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It's not the battery. It is a heat condition near that starter someplace. Check everything, and I mean everything, near the exhaust and by the starter.