Lin, you may have a defective starter motor. I recently rebuilt mine. There
was a flat spot on the commutator.
Try this:
Jack the car. Turn off the battery (disconnect one lead on the battery).
Prise off the protective cap on the end of the starter motor. Use a spanner
and turn the armature. If there's a flat spot or bad winding you may find
that moving to a new position will let the motor operate.
If so, replace or service the motor. It only takes ten minutes or so to
remove.
== Alex in Maine
"The Blue Mainie," 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
"Conkling," 1946 MG TC #1321
Former owner 1957 A-H 100-6, 1967 A-H BJ8,
1965 MG Midget
http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linwood H Rose" <linwoodrose@mac.com>
To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Electrical issue - Need help
> Last night I took my recently restored BT7 out for a drive, returned
> and parked in the garage. Ran beautifully and I am pleased with how
> everything has performed. UNTIL,today I jumped in to start the car.
> When I hit the starter button there was a brief click and then
> everything was dead.
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