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Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
I have headers and am looking at buying a new starter since it doesn't always start when it is hot. I have it wrapped in a heat shield presently. However, I am also looking at other ideas such as remote mini starter where the solenoid is away from the starter and headers. Any recommendations?
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
I am running a mini starter I got from DB Electrical on a 454 without any problems so far. I am going to install a remote solenoid on the passenger inner fender before the summer just to make sure I don't have any heat soak problems.
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
Shyguy,
In regards to installing remote solenoid, I assume one has to remove solenoid from mini starter? Is that correct? |
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
No you do not remove the solenoid from the starter. A jumper is installed between the starter and original solenoid.
I bought the kit from Summit and it comes with instructions. Here are a couple of pictures I have saved from previous posts.
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
Thanks
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
Something to think about:
If your truck starts hard when it is hot (cranks slow) a solenoid relocation is not going to help this. It is not the solenoid that causes this. It is the actual heat soak into the starter motor that makes it crank over slow. A new starter may help if that is what is causing your problem. Where is your timing set? Can you afford to back it off a couple of degrees and not loose performance? |
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
It does crank slow. Got to give it gas to get it started and I have backed it off using the Edelbrock carbs. I wanted to change the starter myself but the headers are too close. Problem is that I can't find a local store that has or knows what a mini starter is. When I say local store I mean Advance Auto etc. I was just going to go with normal replacement but now am thinking after reading that mini starter is way to go and maybe add remote solenoid later. I also have to get starter off to figure out which mini will work since it is a 350 crate engine with camel humps.
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
By the way TBONE1964, I read your thread wrong. My truck starts cold but have to give it gas. Once in a while after it is hot, it will not start and the truck just hums. It has done this maybe four or five times since November and I do not want to get stranded.
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
Local parts places should carry a starter for around a 1995 Chevy truck with a 350 V-8, they are mini starters.
They cost quite a bit more than the one I got from DB Electric or the original stock starter. If the starter just hums when you try to start it the solenoid is usually weak or bad.
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
Thanks for the help. I didn't know they could work.
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
![]() Like this 1995 Tahoe starter? |
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
To back up what Shyguy stated, they work great and I have used them before.
A hum and a slow crank are two different problems but it sounds like your starter/solenoid is cooked either way. Just to clarify my earlier post, I have never seen a solenoid fix a slow crank. A hum yes, but not a slow crank. Hope you get it right. |
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
I understand. Have a great weekend.
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O Rielly's sale a nice mini starter and they keep them in stock.
USL Part # 32390 Starter limited lifetime warrinty. Here is the link for mine. ![]() ![]() http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=4151565
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
I have a Powermaster mini starter on my big block. It eliminates all of the problems associated with OE starters.
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
If you want to buy one starter and never have to buy another…ever (or keep going back to Autozone/O’Reilly’s to get an exchange every 9 months), get a Denso 281-8002. These are commercial grade starters used in severe applications like UPS trucks that start and stop hundreds of times a day. They are really tiny and light too and sound really cool when starting. I run this part number on my Suburban 5.7L and the K10 with the 8.1L. Not sure how well they would fit with headers though. Probably just fine being they are so small.
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My O-Rielly starter has been on the truck now for over 3 years and not one problem. DirtyLarry,
I like that little starter though. They have a nice price to from what google shows. ![]() ![]()
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
Powermaster is also made in the USA, and their tech support is awesome (it's one guy who answers the phone and emails, his name is Brady)
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
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Have you read this thread? http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=554106 LockDoc
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Re: Is anyone using a remote mini starter?
Runs like a Champ!! Went to Dean's Alternator and Starters in Mauldin, SC. They put in a mini starter and it turns easily. They were nice and explained to me the problem with the starters sold at chain auto stores.
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