To: vtr@autox.team.net
CC: RobertLLR@aol.com
>From: RobertLLR@aol.com
> Nobody is addressing John Trindle's **starter motor** problem. I think
>I can, but it's bad news.
>
> I have the same problem with my '79. After several attempts at
>rebuliding and replacing the starter failed to make any difference, I checked
>with my local elelctrical maven. He told me that the Lucas M35J starter
>(which is probably what you've got--though early Spits did have a different
>starter) is designed to disengage from the flywheel ring gear at very low
>engine speeds. Thus, the problem of having the starter wizzing away after
>only a power pulse or two--enough internal explosions to disengage the
>starter drive, but not enough to start your car.
>
Hmmmmmm....this sounds familiar. Yesterday afternoon I was trying to
start a GT6 with a crankcase full of 20/50 in Denver. It would
crank just fast enough to almost start, then disengage. By the time
it finally started I was about ready to have it trailered back to
the garage to await Spring. And I thought it was the starter drive.
When it finally caught, it sucked up the bits of starting fluid that
had pooled in the carbs and blew flames out the tailpipe. Quite a
sight.
Signed: ! (Dave Fain) !
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