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November 20, 2008

Automobile starters Author: AlternatorMan

Automobile starters

It is not enough for a new car owner to know how to drive. He or she must also be knowledgeable on how to maintain a car and keep it in good, running condition. It would also help if he or she knows how to troubleshoot simple mechanical glitches. One of the most common glitches, perhaps all car owners will encounter in their lifetime, is the car just wouldn’t start. It could be a problem with the starter, the battery, or the fuel. If the lights and radio are still functioning fine, then the battery is not the culprit.More often than not, it is the starter that needs replacement or there might be some damaged wires interrupting the connection between the starter and the battery. The job of automobile starters is to take electricity from the battery and then crank the engine up. Different car models have different starter specifications and designs.


November 3, 2008

Valeo Starter Author: AlternatorMan

Valeo Starter

When a car won’t start no matter how many times you turn the key, the first thing that you must consider is a problem with the starter. A starter initiates the rotational motion of the engine so that it can power itself. It pays to choose a high performance Valeo starter because of its quality and reliability.

Sometimes, a car mechanic can find a way to fix a starter. However, many times a starter should be replaced. To avoid the hassle of a car engine not starting, choose a starter that can do the job for a long period of time.


November 3, 2008

Valeo starter Author: AlternatorMan

car-starterWhen a car won’t start no matter how many times you turn the key, the first thing that you must consider is a problem with the starter. A starter initiates the rotational motion of the engine so that it can power itself. It pays to choose a high performance Valeo starter because of its quality and reliability.

Sometimes, a car mechanic can find a way to fix a starter. However, many times a starter should be replaced. To avoid the hassle of a car engine not starting, choose a starter that can do the job for a long period of time.


August 25, 2008

My Car, My Dad Author: AlternatorMan

harleystarter.jpgI just loved working on my father’s car on lazy Sunday afternoons. There in his garage we could talk about anything being together all alone. My dad was a man of hobbies. He like certain things and he became almost fanatical in his appreciation of them.

One of his biggest obsessions was his Harley Davidson. He literally pulled the car from a junk yard before it was about to be crushed. The first thing that he found was that although the car was a wreck, the original Harley Davidson starter could actually be salvaged and fixing up this wonderful bike became our bonding activity for the next few decades. The bike is beautiful now and I will keep it forever.


August 25, 2008

History of the Starter Author: AlternatorMan

starter.jpgAn automobile self-starter, simply known as a starter is an electric motor that initiates rotational movement in a car’s internal combustion engine before it can power itself.  At the turn of the twentieth century all car auto manufacturers were turning to the internal combustion engine for its many advantages.  The Otto cycle and the Diesel cycle internal combustion engine both required the piston to move before the ignition phase of the cycle.  This means that there must be an external source that set the engine in motion before the engine could power itself.  The original models implemented a hand crank to start the engine!
 
It was such a dangerous activity that they had to create automobile starters that were mechanized.  This was the beginning of the car starter revolution that has changed auto manufacturing into what it is today.