Re: Hard starting when Hot

Posted by HH56 On 2017/4/11 9:54:31

I can tell you that in my fathers case it was personal preference. He had one installed under the dash edge and out of sight on his 51 300 and I believe he said he had also done it on a 40s Buick. IIRC, his reasoning was when the the engine failed to start, each time the pedal was pushed it added another squirt of gas and usually flooded the engine before he finally got it going. Using the button allowed the gas to clear without any more being added. I am not sure why he had issues unless possibly it was because the engine needed work and the 300 did not have the second version starter with the anti-kickout Bendix. He probably added a button to his 400 as insurance although I can't ever remember needing it all the years I drove that car.