108 hot start

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I know there is some information on the forum about this but a search turned up none of it.

My 73 280 SEL 4.5 starts great when it is cold, but after it warms up, particularly on a warm day, it has problems starting. I let it sit long enough to cool down a little and it fires right up. It's getting new plug wires this month, which I am sure will help, but I thought I had seen on here that this is a pretty standard problem. Are there any fixes?

Also, I replaced my speedo yestarday and had an interesting experience. After much research I knew all about the knurled nut and was ready for a small battle, but could not find it. As it turns out the PO replaced the knurled nut with (the metric equivalent of) a 1/4" nut. It is a good thing he didn't get it more than finger tight or I may have had to drive it back to his house and run it through his garage door. Anywho... after that obstacle everything went as smooth as advertised. Thank you to Mike and Fred for all the info I needed on that job.

Now that I have a speedometer I know at what speed the violent shaking starts!

Thanks for any input.
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