Starter Booster, I hate to revisit this topic, but... Options

[black914]

I have found this topic through a search but my question remains unanswered! I went down to the Queen City yesterday to do a repair on my son's 924S. The trip is essentially 85 miles of 65 miles per hour non-stop driving. When I arrived and rested for about thrity minutes, we decided to go get something to eat first, got in the 914, turned the ignition switch and no turnover. The fuel pump was operating but the starter was not getting the signal. I let it cool for a while, attempted to crank it again and it fired right away. We ran a few errands and made about three stops requiring the engine to be turned off and restarted and I encountered no problems. Went home later in the day around 6:30PM, traveled the miles at 65 steady for about one hour, stopped to get a cola, got back in, attempted to crank it, but again, nothing. Fortunately a good samaritan help me push it off and I got it cranked okay. I got home safely.

I notice that Bosch has encountered this problem before and they have offered a starter booster kit that cures the hot starter problem by boosting the voltage to the starter. My 914 has a remanufactured starter (don't know the age because it was installed by the previous owner).

Would this cure my problem? Apparently it has been a problem in the past or Bosch would not have offered a cure.

Comments?

[jasons]

QUOTE (Rand @ Oct 13 2005, 12:40 PM)

I ended up just running 12 gauge wires from those terminals to a push button switch on the firewall next to the engine lid release. Never a slightest hesitation since. And I can reach it with my head in the engine compartment or while under the car in case I want to turn the motor with the ignition off. Crude I know, but so am I.

Make sure the switch you used is rated for the current. I bought another (non 914) car from someone who couldn't figger out why the ignition switch didn't work. They put a switch across the starter like you just stated. That switch got flakey after awhile and it would stay closed. The starter wouldn't disengage after I released the button.
Not Cool! My starter sat there cranking while I scrambled for a awrench to disconnect the battery. It still need the key to make the coil hot, but you could bump the starter without the key.


I eventually traced the real problem to the neutral safety switch and fixed it right.

I think if I wanted a remote start, I would still use the relay to do it. You don't need half the switch to handle the job.