Billy Zoom wrote:
> In the early days, my band toured in an Airstream-bodied GMC step van.
> I had to stick a funnel into a piece of heater hose that went through the
> firewall to just above the starter so I could pour water on the solenoid to
> cool it. Maybe not the best solution, but it got us through the tour.
Amazingly, GM still hasn't figured this one out. I was watching one of
the big endurance races (Sebring? not sure) that required the cars to be
shut down during fueling.
Sure enough, the million-dollar C5-R wouldn't restart. Without batting
an eye, one of the pit crew dumped *liquid nitrogen* through a tube at
the base of the windshield to get it to restart.
I fell out of my chair laughing. Multi-million dollar team budget,
racing two cars all over the world, and they still can't make things
start hot.
That only worked a few times, and they ended up replacing the starter
later in the race.
-Z
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