You wrote:
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>I have a 79 1500. With the cooler weather, I've not had it out of
>the garage for a while. I tried to start it this morning and it gave
>a good try, but suddenly all I got was that "click" that is normally
>heard when the battery is low or if a starter solenoid is bad and is
>not letting the starter turn to thrust the gear into the flywheel. I
>checked the battery and it was fine. I checked out the solenoid,
>thinking it the next best bet and although I couldn't find anything
>wrong, I changed it out. Still, all I have is that "click." I did
>turn the square end of the shaft on the starter in case it was stuck
>in the flywheel. No help there. It turned freely.
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I've had 2 starters die in the past 3 years on my 70 TR6 with the
same symptoms. On the first, I followed the same process you did.
Thought it was the battery, then the solonoid, finally pulled the
starter. Did a quick bench test (wired it direct to the battery on my
Ford explorer) Starter was NG. I replaced it with a used $25.00 starter
that worked fine until last month. Same problem. Now the starter
rebuild shop can choose from the best of the 2 this winter.
By the way does anyone have any experience on rebuilt vs new TR
starters????? Any recomendations for rebuild places near Boston
Ma.????
Joe Gautreau 70 TR6
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