Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:06:19 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: it's cold in MT and my van won't start
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dear ether DONT DO THAT
try tightening your v belt ..
that means slack off alt and use a bar to pull tight then retighten ...
you must use the the ancient german spec gü**tnticht
because i often work alone on my ride ... i use a piece of parachute chord
and tie that to a place on the body >opposite the alt and in a double so i
can use a short screw drive to tighten up by tightening the chord like a
turn buckle > then i retighten alt
vangon is always much happier after this ...
remember only gütnticht so you do not mess up millwrights carefull line up
of pully and engine crank
this is your mission jim if you choose to accept it
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regards
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Jonathan Edwards <edwards151@gmail.com>wrote:
> I tried to start up my '85 weekender this morning (19 degrees F in
> Bozeman) and she turned over fine and ran for a bit, then kind of
> bogged down and died. I repeated a few times with my foot on the gas,
> trying to keep the RPMs high but the same thing happened. I've noticed
> on other cold mornings (not this cold) that the van will start fine,
> but I have to keep my foot on the gas petal slightly to keep RPMs up
> or it will die, until it gets warmed up. Ideally, I'd like to be able
> to go out, start it up and let it run unattended for 10 minutes to
> warm up (while I go back inside). There is some kind of a cold-start
> valve that controls idle RPMs when the engine is cold, right? Sounds
> like this needs to be looked at? But that doesn't explain why the
> motor dies when I am physically there with my foot on the gas.
> There's also the "thermo time switch" - maybe that has something to do
> with my problem? I've got a Bentley, but have yet to have time to
> really get into it and understand how to use it. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks
>
> Jon
>
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roger w
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