Reply to: RE>Re: TR^ Starter Problems
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Date: 1/22/91
To: Jerry Kaidor
From: coryc@sequent.com
>been bugging me for a while. Occasionally when trying to start
>the car, the starter will make a click-click-clicking noise, and
>sometimes just a single click and then nothing. Later, it will
>start just fine, sometimes, thinking that maybe the starter isn't
>engaging the teeth correctly, I would push the car a few feet with
>the car in 4th and then it would sometimes start. Any suggestions
>of where to start looking (or even "get a new starter" suggestions)
>would be appreciated.
Jeff,
It sounds to me like you've got worn-out or dirty contacts in your starter
relay. The juice isn't making it through the relay to the solenoid itself.
If it were me, I'd try pulling the relay apart (is it integral with the
solenoid?) and polishing the contacts with a bit of fine wet/dry
sandpaper, then a pencil eraser. (Of else replace them entirely, if
possible.)
Anyone agree? Disagree? (I'm extrapolating from the starter on my '70
Plymouth, the only one I've had apart. I don't know from TR6... .)
-coryc
****** That's exactly what happened to my TR2. The solenoid went intermittant.
I found that I could start the car by pushing the button on the solenoid (
that's just the solenoid shaft sticking out ), but the solenoid coil didn't
push hard enough. This was fixed with a new solenoid from TRF. Unfortunately,
those solenoids are crimped together :-(.
- Jerry Kaidor
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