What a great looking old car. I'd love to have aquired a treasure like this one. I have a question though. I had a tow truck driver friend of mine tell me that if you needed to jump start a car with a six volt system, you could do it with a twelve volt vehicle but you had to do it in a very specific way. He said to hook the cables like normal BUT to leave the negative off the booster batery until the starter had been engaged and energized. Does this actually work? What's your opinion?
6 volt starters always turn slower/ sound like there dying. just the nature of the beast.. my '51 Chevy does the same thing... dwell and point gap have a big effect on how easy they start up
A 6 volt system car with everything up to snuff cranks exactly half as fast as a 12 volt system car also with everything up to snuff at the same temperature and oil viscosity . For engines of the same number of cylinders you should hear half as many starter beats per second from a 6 volt system as you do from a 12 volt system. If you don't, something needs attention. That 1936 Chevy was cranking WAY more slowly than it was designed to crank.
at the beginning it was cranking slower than it should, but after it was cranking just as fast as any other 6v I'v ever worked on.. the car seems to have an ignition issue causing the hard start
I checked my 1935 - 1961 Chevrolet parts catalog. It lists the same carburetor from 1933 to 1949. I guess you have the Blue Flame 206.8 cu. in. engine. The manual doesn't tell the carburetor make (Carter or Rochester). My experience with the Rochester is that it doesn't deliver a good charge at starting RPM and requires a little "assistance" from the right foot, especially in cold weather. A couple of pumps did a lot of good with my 1961 6 cylinder Chevy, even in warm weather.
I once woked on a 1951 Chevy and had the starter overhauled. The shop found that the solenoid contacts were burned. When I put the overhauled starter back in the difference in cranking was amazing. We're talking 6 volts, too. Check out your starter switch. That's probably burned from all the current that surges through the circuit when you press the starter pedal. 6 volt systems operate at a higher current than 12 volt ones do and burn starter contacts faster.
Take yourself back to 1936. You've got a demonstrator to take home and try out. Can you imagine a Chevy dealer being able to move such a hard starting car in the winter? A demonstrator's GOT to start easily or the sale is off. You can bet those cars always started easily at the mild temperature in your garage. Our 1953 Plymouth (6V) sounded like your car at only 20 degrees, but it had a bad battery. Battery replaced and it cranked MUCH faster than your Chevy and became an easy start again.
Viscosity of the oil? What was the temperature? How good were the starter motor and the contacts? How good was the battery? Was the operator flooding the engine? At operating temperature, you are supposed to crank at least 100 RPM with a 6 volt system with everything working right, even 120. Does this car get that? In Lincoln, Nebraska I saw lots of 6 volt cars start very quickly even at 25 below back in the 50s, and it was obviously not that cold when this video was shot.
Chevy runs deep.
GordanMFreeman 1 week ago
What a great looking old car. I'd love to have aquired a treasure like this one. I have a question though. I had a tow truck driver friend of mine tell me that if you needed to jump start a car with a six volt system, you could do it with a twelve volt vehicle but you had to do it in a very specific way. He said to hook the cables like normal BUT to leave the negative off the booster batery until the starter had been engaged and energized. Does this actually work? What's your opinion?
pskittle488 1 month ago
wake up!!!! big chevy :D 3:47 yeaaaaaa
CoupeDeVille1953 8 months ago
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CoupeDeVille1953 8 months ago
sounds like the timing is slightly too far advanced for cold starting...
racindeere65 1 year ago
you got an armish buggy in there too
jango1968 1 year ago
I'm sitting on the edge of my seat here going come on girl start.
brucey39 1 year ago 3
if you have time on your next project, try excercizing the harmonic balancer first. its better for the engine.
LVilla74 1 year ago
need to dump just a little bit of gas down the carburetor to prime it up, and it would start a little bit better....
DieselMechanic09 1 year ago
6 volt starters always turn slower/ sound like there dying. just the nature of the beast.. my '51 Chevy does the same thing... dwell and point gap have a big effect on how easy they start up
mattdudley13 2 years ago
A 6 volt system car with everything up to snuff cranks exactly half as fast as a 12 volt system car also with everything up to snuff at the same temperature and oil viscosity . For engines of the same number of cylinders you should hear half as many starter beats per second from a 6 volt system as you do from a 12 volt system. If you don't, something needs attention. That 1936 Chevy was cranking WAY more slowly than it was designed to crank.
Buttontails 1 year ago
at the beginning it was cranking slower than it should, but after it was cranking just as fast as any other 6v I'v ever worked on.. the car seems to have an ignition issue causing the hard start
mattdudley13 1 year ago
I checked my 1935 - 1961 Chevrolet parts catalog. It lists the same carburetor from 1933 to 1949. I guess you have the Blue Flame 206.8 cu. in. engine. The manual doesn't tell the carburetor make (Carter or Rochester). My experience with the Rochester is that it doesn't deliver a good charge at starting RPM and requires a little "assistance" from the right foot, especially in cold weather. A couple of pumps did a lot of good with my 1961 6 cylinder Chevy, even in warm weather.
Buttontails 2 years ago
Что за скрип во время запуска двигателя?
igor79793 1 year ago
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ChevyMan984 4 months ago
I once woked on a 1951 Chevy and had the starter overhauled. The shop found that the solenoid contacts were burned. When I put the overhauled starter back in the difference in cranking was amazing. We're talking 6 volts, too. Check out your starter switch. That's probably burned from all the current that surges through the circuit when you press the starter pedal. 6 volt systems operate at a higher current than 12 volt ones do and burn starter contacts faster.
Buttontails 2 years ago
It's none of that, it's been recently restored, it's just always been like that in the winter. If it's warm it fires up fine.
gnarwhaleRanch 2 years ago
Take yourself back to 1936. You've got a demonstrator to take home and try out. Can you imagine a Chevy dealer being able to move such a hard starting car in the winter? A demonstrator's GOT to start easily or the sale is off. You can bet those cars always started easily at the mild temperature in your garage. Our 1953 Plymouth (6V) sounded like your car at only 20 degrees, but it had a bad battery. Battery replaced and it cranked MUCH faster than your Chevy and became an easy start again.
Buttontails 2 years ago
Viscosity of the oil? What was the temperature? How good were the starter motor and the contacts? How good was the battery? Was the operator flooding the engine? At operating temperature, you are supposed to crank at least 100 RPM with a 6 volt system with everything working right, even 120. Does this car get that? In Lincoln, Nebraska I saw lots of 6 volt cars start very quickly even at 25 below back in the 50s, and it was obviously not that cold when this video was shot.
Buttontails 2 years ago
Nothing like the sound of a 6 volt starter or a Chevy straight 6. Wish my 53 Bel Air sounded that good.
funkyjunk22 2 years ago