Meissen's LT1 Rebuild Thread

[Lucky SOB]

Did you ever resolve your starter heat-soaking issue? My cousin's LT1 is having the same problem. He says the replacement ones are junk, he's gone through two. His original one lasted to 120,000 miles

[MeenZ28]

Had the same starter issues. Burned threw quite a few of them. Try hooking up a remote starter solinoid. Like $30.00 from summit racing. Haven't had a starting issue since.

[meissen]

I don't think the issue I'm having is the starter anymore. We got a replacement one via warranty and then protected it by a heat blanket and a solid metal heat shield from Summit. I think the Optima Red Top battery is just a piece of utter complete donkey dick horse shit. I pulled my car out of the garage yesterday into the driveway, started no problem. About an hour or two later, I went to move my car and the battery was dead. I had to use my jumper box to get the car to start - and it did as soon as I put the box on it which leads me to believe the battery is just not holding it's voltage at all.

[kammi10]

RED TOP OPTIMA'S ARE A PILE OF SHIT.... get a new battery

[DETROITMUSCLE]

Fred get a remote mount solenoid like mentioned, seems LT1s should have had them from the factory.

[SoulTerror]

I've never had issues with mine starting and I DD mine.

[Lucky SOB]

Had the same starter issues. Burned threw quite a few of them. Try hooking up a remote starter solinoid. Like $30.00 from summit racing. Haven't had a starting issue since.

Fred get a remote mount solenoid like mentioned, seems LT1s should have had them from the factory.

Thanks fellas, I'll look into that.

[MeenZ28]

In my expreiance - all Optimas are crap for that matter. Had a yellow top (figured I'd have to pony up the extra for my stereo draw) and the thing was usless within a year. When back to an Autozone Duralast Gold - battery has been good for a while now.

[meissen]

My only problem is that I vaguely remember having the same problems when I was running with my dad's battery...

[OIF1VET]

In my expreiance - all Optimas are crap for that matter. Had a yellow top (figured I'd have to pony up the extra for my stereo draw) and the thing was usless within a year. When back to an Autozone Duralast Gold - battery has been good for a while now.

Exact same here.. went through 3 yellow tops before I switched to the duralast gold. great battery, no issues at all..

[white97z28]

My optima yellow top has gone thru three diffrent cars and ive never had a problem in the three years ive had it and several complete drains off the battery ...i personally love it

[jakes_GSXR]

Do i dare say it... trap door!

What happened with the fuel issue, Brian?

[meissen]

Fuel issue? That was fixed back in the beginning of the year by replacing the fuel pump.