JayChicago
Well-known member
Agree. Not applicable to this thread regarding a '50. Still felt the need to reply for those with a resistor, who may incorrectly think the resistor needs to cool down before they can get a good restart.
Hot Start 1950 Merc
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Fritz
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Interesting find on the yellowtop 6v. I thought red was the only 6v version. Seeing the differences between the colors, most of us will need the red. (Yellow for high electrical loads, and applications without generators/alternators.)
https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/optima-redtop-vs-yellowtop/
https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/optima-redtop-vs-yellowtop/
Quick update. The optima was a great upgrade. I used the car to run multiple errands today involving roughly 5 stops of a half an hour or so. The slow cranking hot has been resolved by the battery alone. I still have long crank times when it's hot but it turns over so fast hot now that it doesn't worry me that it won't start now. I didn't count how many cranks it took to start it the last time but I'm guessing 7-10 rotations and it fired.
Heat soak and boiling fuel are my next guess.
Heat soak and boiling fuel are my next guess.