Two goofy things I need to fix on Tom Celica, neither of which will make it even a little bit faster... I hate those projects.
Sometimes when I first start the car on a cold, autocross morning, the starter sticks in "start". I know the switch isn't sticking, I checked it. I assumed it was the starter, but here's the weird part- when I fixed the batter cable terminal, it got better. Doesn't do it all the time anymore, just sometimes. So, maybe the cable? Or is the solenoid in the starter messed up?
Other one, and I think this is easy. Again, on cold mornings, there's no power steering until it warms up a bit. If I cycle it lock to lock a few times after it's been running for a few minutes it usually clears up. When I got the car I put a rebuilt pump on it thinking that was the problem. I also flushed the P/S reservoir since it was full of gunk. Seeing the state of the fluid, a bit after I did the pump, I dumped a good bit of fluid out and replaced it thinking maybe things were just really dirty in there, but it's still doing it. You think I need to just keep flushing the system, or do I need a new rack? Only reason I think the rack may be fine is, once it starts working, it does great. Even autocrossing, it keeps up just fine. Just sucks when it's cold.
Thanks for any advice,
Ed
