Originally Posted by vwnate1

Ralph ;

You'll prolly find that taking the old starter apart and cleaning it well then re-lubricating it with some good quality Moly based grease (good stuff will be black) it'll work a _lot_ better . (I've done this in highway rest stops many times on my old klunker-junkers)

Clean the battery cables with baking oda and hot water in a saturated solution untill no more fizzing then rinse clean , dry well , coat with grease and wash the battery with soap & water as it only take a little bit of smutch on the battery to have ' leakage ' whilst it's sitting overnight and you're in cold weather country .

Sounds like a good car ~ tough little bugger's aren't they ? .

Mayhap I shoulda bought that '63200D sedan I saw last year....