On Tue, 16 May 1995, Douglas Tietz wrote:
> I've got a question about starter grinding on a '67 Datsun 1600
> roadster. I know it's not British, but I figured someone might have had
> the same problem on an lbc.
>
> About one out of five times I try to start my dad's Datsun, the starter
> motor makes a terrible grinding noise. We pulled out the starter and
> replaced the solenoid, but it still has the same problem. We also
> measured resistance in the starter, and it appeared normal. What's going
> on? Why would it not snap in strong enough?
>
> Thanks,
> Doug Tietz
>
It's possible that although the starter windings appear normal, under
load the starter is not rotating fast enough to throw the "inertia cog"
into/onto the flywheel. The intermittency of this problem would indicate
that the starter is probably defective.
Nick Benson
Dept. of Industrial Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins CO
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