RE: Mac's Starter

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

> heat shield?  <blank look>  what heat shield? 
> *none* of my trucks has a
> heat shield on the starter, and none of them had one
> when i got 'em.  a heat
> shield over the starter sounds like one heck of a
> good idea to me, so where
> do i get these puppies?  i'll be needing three. 
> you're right, the starter
> under the TravelAll gets *REALLY* hot in a very
> short time.  the starters
> under the 800 and the 800A don't seem to get
> anywhere near as hot as the
> TravelAll, but you could broil steaks on the
> TravelAll starter.

Mac, they are nothing fancy, just a piece of sheet
metal. You should be able to fab one up pretty quick.
If you don't have any sheet metal, try cutting up &
flattening a coffee can. Just take the label off so it
has no chance to burn.

> i think there's a powdercoat process that *should*
> hold up to the heat.  a
> buddy of mine has a 1971 Chevy Suburban (283, custom
> Edelbrock intake,
> Rochester Quadrajet carb) with a set of headers with
> some kind of coating on
> them, and whatever it is they coated the things
> with, it seems to be holding
> up.  ten or twelve years later, they're still coated
> with whatever that
> stuff is.  i'll have to ask him what about it.

Probably cermaic coated. Very good, but it's not
cheap.

Mark


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