Mark---Your no-start after the car has set in a hot environment is
symptomatic of a bad starter. The onset of this doing the no-start bit
could show up once in a while, then graduate to not wanting to start
when the engine bay is hot. No click when turning the key is what I had
from my original starter after 28 years, with the above conditions.
(TRF's replacement starter now spins the engine what seems to be twice
as fast as I ever remembered it.)
There are stories floating about that a stubborn starter can be coaxed
into operating by "banging in with a long pipe". Where to apply the
force or how many times one can get away with this is unknown to me.
Still, I would test this theory rather than wait 30 + minutes for things
to cool.
Dick
'73
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