Thomas,
Thanks for the comments. I'm fairly certain that the starter you have is
just not up to the job, so as you indicated it's time to acquire the correct
one.
They are out there, it just might take a bit of time to find the correct
one.
Curt
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Thomas Willig <twillig@ruda.de> wrote:
> Curt,
>
>
>
> no problem with preaching! I am from the same congregation that you are.
> Why buy an old car and then change everything to modern specification. I
> try to keep my cars as near as possible to the technical specification of
> their time as possible. I totally agree with you that in most cases (there
> are exceptions to the rule) an correctly maintained distributor, starter,
> dynamo is up to the job.
>
> As all cables have been replaced, the ground strap is in place as it should
> be, battery master switch is overhauled, batteries are brand new, etc.
etc.
> I am very confident that there are Lucas starters with identical housing as
> the 100, that have less cranking power. SoI am going to get me an
original,
> rebuildable starter motor.
>
>
>
> Anyone, maybe someone who preferred to use a modern gear reduction starter,
> has a 25221 for sale??
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>
>
> Thomas Willig
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