In my last post on this subject, I said that I thought I had solved
the problem of a sluggish starter (sounded like a dead battery but wasn't)
by reseating the lead from the ignition switch to the solenoid.
Well, that held up until the middle of last week. I stopped at the
postoffice on my way home and when I got back into the car, it barely
turned over at all. Having apparently eliminated all other sources
of the problem, I took a chance and ordered a rebuilt starter.
I installed it last night and the problem is definitely solved. In the
six years that I have owned the car, the starter has never turned over
so fast, even when I installed the last rebuilt starter three years ago.
So the moral of the story is that a worn starter can cause symptoms
which sound like a dead battery.
Peter Schauss
ps4330@okc01.jccbi.gov
schauss@worldnet.att.net
1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk II
1980 MGB
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