I agree with Nikolai, sounds like the bendix isn't engaging. However
working in my dad's NAPA store has taught me that this is the most common
reason to replace a starter. You can test it easily enough. We had a
machine that you can hook a starter to and it would apply the ignition
voltage and you could check to see if it popped out. I assume you could
just strap the starter down and apply whatever voltage it gets from the
solenoid and visually check the if the bendix releases. However even if it
does engage with no load (ie flywheel) it doesn't mean that if there was a
little bit of resistance that the flywheel would create, that it would
engage properly.
Ryan Smith
72 Emerald Green Spitfire
>From: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Spitfire won't start
>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 04:42:33 -0700 (PDT)
>
>it just sounds like the pinion on your starter isn't sliding in
>to engage your flywheel. i had this problem when i changed out
>my starter a couple years ago. i pulled it out and srayed some
>graphite lock lube on it and worked it in a little untill i was
>happy it was moving free enough. haven't had a problem since.
>that might be all that's wrong.
>
>
>
>--- Huw Upshall <hupshall@wolfenet.com> wrote:
> >
> > HELP!!
> >
> > Ok, I have been working on this spitfire through the week,
> > finishing
> > installing the dash board, clutch, brake, and accel pedals, I
> > went to start
> > the car and nothing happened.... Now, this car used to run.
> >
> > What happens now is I turn the ignition, I hear the solenoid
> > clunk and then
> > I hear a whirring noise. This whirring is coming from the
> > starter motor
> > and when I put my hand on the motor, I feel it spinning.
> > However, the
> > engine is not turning over. What is wrong? Ideas? Not
> > enough voltage
> > going to the starter? Dead Battery? Screwed up wiring
> > somewhere? (I have
> > been twisting and moving the wiring harness that is under the
> > dashboard)...
> > I am totally at a loss as to why things were working so well
> > and then I
> > just hit bottom....
> >
> >
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