Cold advance question

[rockbender]

As noted in another thread, I'm the proud owner of a Baby Moose! Now, I know that my high idle solenoid does not work and that isn't a big deal to me. Out of curiosity, I checked today and discovered that my cold advance solenoid is not receiving power when I go to start the engine. My question is... how big of a difference does this make for ease of starting?

I haven't jumpered it yet to see how my it works but will do that the next time I fire it up. If it really makes a big difference I think the smart thing to do would be to put it on a manual toggle switch.

Anyone with similar experiences?

 

[Black dawg]

Does make a slight difference in cold starting, but mostly makes for no white smoke while cold.

 

[icanfixall]

Just simply holding your foot on the threttle peddle slightly will fix that startup. A switch might work well. The power feeding both that solenoid and the cold advance in the pump is from the coolant sender located behind the thermostat housing.. Its a tuff sender to get at too.

 

[franklin2]

My sensor was bad. I was curious also to see if I was missing something, and hooked a switch up to try it. The faster idle is nice to help it warm up(that's funny, I said a diesel warms up) but other than that I noticed no difference. I caught myself one day leaving the switch on, forgetting to turn it off, so I just took it back out.

 

[79jasper]

Expensive for what it is. http://www.fordpartsgiant.com/parts/ford-switch-asy_e8tz-9e939-a.html
I would just use a DPDT switch and use a diode to where on position will give high idle and cold advance, the other will give high idle only. And still be cheaper than a new sensor.

 

[icanfixall]

Wrecking yards around here that have these idi engines in them will be getting my wrenches layed on them for that price of a sender.. Those are GMM hand model pocket parts right there.. I paid my $2.00 entry fee.. I'm golden...

 

[Goose_ss4]

i out mine on a toggle switch for free. had lying around. does help. now i can turn it on when it is really cold out. let it warm up, grab some coffee, and shut it off when i pull out.