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glad you brought that up about the battery issue, slipped my mind. Thank You everyone for the input, maybe and sounds like I better just go with the regular starter... too bad this idea can't be improved, it's got the potential to being good in reality, with fine tuning so to speak
Will - so yay or nay...? I've got a bad starter in the 5ton so I have to replace it and figured since it was initially cheaper than a regular starter I'd go with it, but if not really that worth it and it's just one more thing to go wrong then I'll just go with a regular starter. Like i said...
According to the manufacturer there is an oil pump on the butt end of the starter. The starter cannot crank over until it senses that the oil pressure is to a certain psi. Therefore no starts with 8-15 second delays in oil pressure... Would be a great fix to the deuces.
here is it from their...
Has anyone used a pre-lub starter on their truck? Or seen one with it on. Been thinking about doing this as it is cheaper than a regular starter. However I would need to buy the wiring kit and also the piping for the oil.... opinions accepted ;-)