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D-Day · 03-09-2007, 01:41 AM

You might have to adjust the rod that goes from the key to the ignition...sometimes in tilt steering wheels this gets sloppy over the years and doesn't make a good connection. This causes several problems; first, it doesn't always makes a good connection and doesn't turn the engine over strongly enough, plus if the connection goes out during turning over, the engine compression can turn back over the flywheel and grind on the starter teeth. My old flywheel was chewed to hell due to this. And if you don't have all your teeth, this causes a horrible grinding noise.

03-09-2007, 01:41 AM	#11
D-Day Live fast, die young Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northwest Ohio Posts: 293	Re: hard starting You might have to adjust the rod that goes from the key to the ignition...sometimes in tilt steering wheels this gets sloppy over the years and doesn't make a good connection. This causes several problems; first, it doesn't always makes a good connection and doesn't turn the engine over strongly enough, plus if the connection goes out during turning over, the engine compression can turn back over the flywheel and grind on the starter teeth. My old flywheel was chewed to hell due to this. And if you don't have all your teeth, this causes a horrible grinding noise.