sorry folks...left out some important information : 85 Westie 2.1
upgrade, AT. thanks again for any advice.

--- Richard Ferguson <rfergus23@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> hey folks it has been a while due to a computer
> meltdown but now I'm
> back...
> in the past couple of months I've finally had a
> rebuilt engine
> installed...and took a nice little 3k trip to break
> it in, everything
> was fine for the most part...luckily the faulty
> headgasket didn't blow
> until back in the driveway at home...but what was
> frustrating was the
> starter dying after 5-6 hours of highway speed
> travelling...usually at
> a gas station refueling...various people have told
> me that the starter
> is placed too close to the engine and gets too hot
> to start after that
> amount of time on the road...this seem increadibly
> ludicrous since this
> is supposed to be a touring vehicle. I followed the
> advice of a local
> shop and had a booster solenoid installed that is
> supposed to alleviate
> the problem...my question is will it and also is
> this starter problem a
> design flaw or what?
> thanks for any advice,
> Cheers,
> Rick
>
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