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Old 03-15-2010, 04:28 PM   #469
Keith Seymore
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy

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... All of the GMI grads in my graduate classes complained that they could not get out of their first production supervision assignment and into engineering, since those jobs were all filled by outside "top tier" engineering school grads, and not "car school" grads. It's good to see that you proved their perception wrong.
Thanks for the note. I was able to use my time as a supervisor to weasel my way into the Assembly Liaison job - first as a Flint Assembly employee and then as an Engineering employee - doing the same work. So far, everything has gone according to plan career wise (other than that little "bankruptcy" thing last year...)


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... One quick question that has always been a problem with 454s - how do you stop "starter heat soak" - the no start condition when the engine is hot? So far, I have installed remote solenoid, GM high torque mini starter, and dual start batteries - but still a somewhat difficult start in 110 degree AZ heat.
Sounds like you are doing all the right things. The only other thought I can offer up is that eventually the ignition wiring gets bad, from heat and age. My Chevelle got to where it wouldn't start even with two new batteries in the trunk. That's when I wired up a pushbutton start, jumping directly across the posts of the starter. As soon as I did that - no more problems. You just turn the key to "on" (not crank), push the button and away you go -

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Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926
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Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/
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