Talk:Starter (engine)

message: Reference to unknown image. "the thin, grey wire in the image above" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.242.255.178 (talk • contribs) 09:07, 28 August 2006‎ (UTC)
:I'm removing this because that reference is gone now, and there are several images. If a diagram is still requested, please re-add this template with a more detailed description of what is requested. --pfctdayelise (talk) 17:03, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unknown image reference 

message: does anyone have the storage capacity of an air start system - ie kWh / m3?
Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.134.77.199 (talk) 14:27, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See this article adiabatic process#Adiabatic_heating_and_cooling Jasen betts (talk) 00:07, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Energy storage capacity 

message: In the photo of parts of a starter, there are numbers pointing to the parts.  Supposedly, there is something that matches names with the numbers.  Does anyone know where this list is?  Thanks 206.53.197.24 (talk) 16:35, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of parts? 

message: Further to the above.. Ill have a go. Im using my moderate knowledge of engines and 2 sources:
* The prior art in this patent
* Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Workshop Manual Volume I/II
I've updated the page
Gamhead (talk) 02:37, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of parts? Pt 2 

message: The Bendix spring on a Model A Ford broke if the car was crank-started without first retarding the spark. It happened to me once, but I don't understand the mechanics of it and would like to see an explanation.BobF (talk) 00:25, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Model A Ford starter's Bendix spring 

message: I got a "citation needed" on the fact that the Ferguson "Grey Fergie" is started with the gear lever. I dont have a "reliable source" for this other than that: Everyone that has owned a Grey Fergie, including myself, knows this to be a fact. In addition, I grew up on an agricultural workshop and knew it as a fact even before I got to own one myself. Am I not a reliable source enough myself in this case, just as good as any book or electronic document? Anyone who wonders if this is true or not can google it and see what they find. There is also a "citation needed" on that this also does good for the safety, which almost should go whithout saying. There are six positions for the gear lever, which is 1,2,3,4,R and S. The latter starts the engine, and everyone understands that the tractor cant be in gear when the gear lever is occupied for starting, thus making it a safety device. Who puts in these "citation needed" slots? Has he learned all that he knows by reading books and such?? If the "S" marking on the Ferguson TE20's gearbox is not a reliable enough source for him, the instruction manual for a such tractor should, or what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.84.36.158 (talk) 10:02, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you are not a reliable source. Neither am I. Neither is any other editor. The standard for inclusion in this encyclopædia isn't what we know (or think we know, or believe, or understand, or recall hearing or reading), it's what we can prove by reference to reliable sources. —Scheinwerfermann T·C18:01, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, as I see it, the tractor itself should be the most reliable source for the matter, and if not the instruction manual should sweep aside any doubt. I just felt it would look unnatural to refer to it in the article. Nevertheless I changed it, you can call the mark on the gearbox casing a reference, and I clarified the obvious matter that using the gear lever for starting is a safety solution by explaining how it works. I also added some examples for other types of starter operation, but now its all gone and it still says "citation needed" and "clarification needed." Why? Anyway, in case of obvious features a vehicle, isnt the best "verifiable source" the vehicle itself instead of a piece of paper (or electronic document)describing a such?? I'm only asking. What are the citations and clarifications you still need? "what we can prove by reference to a reliable source"? The reference is there all by itself, just have a look at the described vehicle if you dont believe me. Arve Kvalvik  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.84.36.158 (talk) 01:01, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "As you see it" is not in accord with the relevant standards for inclusion of materials in this encyclopædia, and neither is the vehicle itself. Read WP:V, WP:CITE, and WP:RS. Also please read WP:SIGN. —Scheinwerfermann T·C01:35, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

text: I've added a source to a book which is available online. The manual would be quite appropriate as a source. Unfortunately, the level of discourse on here is not always very civil. Nevard (talk) 02:33, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Grey Fergie starting mechanism

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message: Wiki needs add that  the success of Kettering's starter was because it was series-wound. A series-wound motor will draw enough current to turn over or burn-up in the process. It is  very light and compact for its  peak horsepower output.
Also, all General Motors products, starting with Oldsmobile, received the electric starter soon after Cadillac. R.E.O, also, as Olds had sold his Oldsmobile name to G/M. 
The show, "Nichols" reflects this. The  character Ketcham's 1914 Chevrolet is  one of the few cars then in town with electric starting.
Ref: My father, electrician's mate in US Navy, 20 years, worked with many D.C. motors and dynamos.184.99.171.69 (talk) 17:22, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series-wound motor, General Motors?