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Subject:Re: A newbie needing hard starting help
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:13:15 -0700

On 8/15/2009 1:38 PM Rene Ditton wrote:

> It's hart to start. When it's cranked cold, it has a bit of a delay
 > before kicking over (a fraction of a second).

My 84 has always had a moment of hesitation before things get going. Turn
key, starter makes a sort of grunt-pause, then it turns over briskly and
the engine starts. The pause is a bit more noticeable in cold weather.
I've gotten used to it -- it has never not spun up.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
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