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Re: [Spits] [TR] solenoid or starter?

To: jimmuller@rcn.com,triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: [Spits] [TR] solenoid or starter?
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:00:52 -0500
At 03:18 PM 2/24/2008, Jim Muller wrote:

>This behavior has been coming on for several years, the starter
>seeming to have less and less oomph at turning the engine against the
>compression.

Can the starter be tested out of the car?  If it still drags, then 
you've eliminated everything else.  I'd then look at brushes or 
similar.  I think these things are pretty robust, absent a bad 
bearing they ought to be easily repaired or rebuilt at home...



Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
http://www.fishplate.org/vehicles/spitfire/
Athens, Georgia         #354 


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