I was thrilled about the upcoming Polish Mountain Hillclimb. I had everything packed. I just had to take the truck, trailer, and race car for gas, ice, and go. Just Gas and Ice. I got to the Sunoco station, 3 miles away, and pulled in to fill up the race car and the spare fuel cans. I was about an hour later than I meant to be, but still plenty of time to get there for the evening's festivities. Until the truck won't start. Damn. So I spent Friday afternoon, from about 3:30 PM until 8:30 PM, stuck at the gas station 3 miles from home! I managed to troubleshoot the problem to either a bad starter solenoid or a faulty wire from the neutral safety switch to the starter solenoid. Sometimes the best laid plans ... but at least I was only 3 miles away from home, rather than stuck in the middle of nowhere. Towed the truck to my friend's shop, and got another friend to tow the trailer/race car back home.
And I just replaced that starter in December! The quality of rebuilt parts has been suspect for awhile now, as many of them are mass-rebuilt in China. Blows the mind that it's cost effective to ship cores to China (which weigh a ton) and then rebuild them and ship them back. And often the rebuilds are done poorly. Can anyone recommend a local (southeast PA) starter and alternator rebuilder? I need to get spares for the BMW's too.
I'll have to see how the results came through from the weekend. I was only 0.8 seconds off the ITS class record. With new Hoosier A6's and some extra horsepower, I was set to beat it. I guess I'll have to wait till next year! Hopefully Jason and Dale didn't raise the bar too much!
And I just replaced that starter in December! The quality of rebuilt parts has been suspect for awhile now, as many of them are mass-rebuilt in China. Blows the mind that it's cost effective to ship cores to China (which weigh a ton) and then rebuild them and ship them back. And often the rebuilds are done poorly. Can anyone recommend a local (southeast PA) starter and alternator rebuilder? I need to get spares for the BMW's too.
I'll have to see how the results came through from the weekend. I was only 0.8 seconds off the ITS class record. With new Hoosier A6's and some extra horsepower, I was set to beat it. I guess I'll have to wait till next year! Hopefully Jason and Dale didn't raise the bar too much!
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