John:
If you need to do that, then it is only a matter of time until
something else craps out in your starter. A bearing, a brush, or
something.
Why not get it rebuilt? I had mine rebuilt for $120 at a local
auto electric shop. New solenoid, bushings, brushes and armature.
Amazing improvement in starting capability, and no worries about the
next part to die.
Yes, you can disassemble, clean, polish, and reassemble. It is
no big deal. But when you find the contacts are corroded beyond
recognition will you be willing to clean them up and live with them
knowing that their days are numbered?
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Lumia, John
Sent: May 11, 2005 8:14 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: starter solenoid
The relay in my starter solenoid seems to have gotten intermittent, so
the
relay clicks but the motor wont spin. I beleive that the battery cables
are
okay, since I measure 12.5V at the hot side of the starter at rest and
11.5V
when the solenoid relay is engaged but no voltage at the starter motor
side of
the solenoid relay. Has anyone ever tried to take apart a solenoid from
the
later TR6 M4100 starter? Bentley says that there are sealing and
soldering
complications in disasembling it, so they recommend simply replacing it.
I
see two solder feedthroughs (from the solenoid winding?), can one simply
unsolder these two and take it apart to clean the relay contacts?
John Lumia - 1976 TR6
Louisville, CO
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