Probably the starter, had the same problem with my 68 C10, slow turning
while cranking, put in a new starter, what a difference
Patrick
63 Spitfire
74 Spitfire
71 Stag
68 C10
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
To: "triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: [Spits] solenoid or starter?
> Today being a nice day here in the upper right corner of the country,
> I tried to fire up the Spitfire. No go. So I hooked up my faithful
> portable starter battery. Just a very slow whirr--wrr--wrr. Not
> even close to being fast enough to fire. My neighbor happened to be
> watching so he grabbed his portable starter battery. Still nothing
> but a very slow whir--wrr--wrr. So I cleaned up the terminals on the
> solenoid, the starter, the bell housing, and the chassis. Actually,
> there is a line directly from the battery ground to the chassis and
> another from the battery ground to the bell housing. Still no go.
>
> This behavior has been coming on for several years, the starter
> seeming to have less and less oomph at turning the engine against the
> compression. Something, either the wiring or the solenoid or the
> starter motor, is eating up all the juice. Or, more techncially
> preventing any from getting through. The wiring is easy to replace.
> Solenoids and starters cost money though. So I'm open to
> suggestions. Is there historical precedent (well, we are in the
> midst of a pecedential campaign, are we not?) for starters getting
> weaker? Or solenoid terminals to crude up such that it still closes
> and the starter still turns but just has too much resistance?
>
> Tanks,
>
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
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