Yes this is in the Midget. The general consensus is the lube. Second is
the brushes.Third is the battery. Since I checked the battery (cranking
at 9+ volts when very cold), I am willing to bet it is the lube and/or
brushes. So that is where I will start. If it ever gets warm enough to
pull the damn thing outdoors, or unless I can borrow a garage.
Larry
>>>>On 1/28/00 11:46 PM so and so (David Lynes) said. (And I quote:)
>Hi Larry
<SNIP>
>
>I'm willing to bet thats it, but it doesn't explain the time it didn't even
>spin...
>
>
>David Lynes, Woodstock, GA
>73 Midget
>78 MGB
>
>Larry Macy wrote:
>
>> My starter is acting up in the cold. The symptoms are as follows. Last
>> week, temp in the low teens in the AM, the starter engages the flywheel
>> and stops, will not disengage. Rock the car to get it frre and try again.
>> After several tries it finally works. This has ahappened a couple of
>> times in the last week, in the mornings. After driving the car the
>> starter works just dandy. However last night, after I went to dinner I
>> went to startt the car and nothing, no spinnig of the starter, no
>> clicking of the solenoid, nothing. Pushed it to get it started, runs just
>> dandy. Drove home and tried it a couple of times while rolling (just in
>> case) and all was well. Got home last night and plugged in the magnetic
>> heater and slapped it on the oil pan and this AM all was right with the
>> world. Started right up.
>>
>> So anyway, there is definately something wrong. I am having a hard time
>> getting the car to start after it cold soaks for a couple of hours. I am
>> not sure if it is the starter (although the not releasing from the
>> flywheel suggests that is at least a part of it) or the solenoid, the bit
>> about not even engaging or clicking last night.
>>
>> I know it is not the battery, I checked.
>>
>> Any ideas?? Or do I just get a new starter?
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>> System Administrator/Manager
>> Neuropsychiatry Section
>> Department of Psychiatry
>> University of Pennsylvania
>> 3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
>> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>>
>> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
>> question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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