Awww, stick it in gear and give the whole car a shove.
Larry
On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 11:51 AM, Nory wrote:
> Are the starter teeth stuck in the flywheel teeth? Wiggle the starter
> and
> see if it's stuck and if you can free it. Out of both my Midgets,
> they've
> both had this problem (one more than the other). I just keep a pair
> of vice
> grips in the car to free it when it happens.
>
> -Nory
> NORYS LAWS:
> 1. Just because you have found the problem, doesn't mean you've found
> the
> ONLY problem.
> 2. Just because it's new doesn't mean it works right.
>
> ----------
>> From: Patricia Sauthoff <trishasauthoff@yahoo.com>
>> To: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: nice day for a push
>> Date: Mon, Mar 24, 2003, 4:54 PM
>>
>
>> Alright my little braniacs I need your help. My car won't start, on
>> it's
>> own. Push starting it works just fine. Last week I took the starter
>> out,
>> had it tested at my local NAPA, and after it tested fine noticed that
>> the
>> pinion and barrel (part 17 on page 177 of the beloved Haynes manual)
>> stuck
>> a bit. So it was oiled with some graphite oil, and it worked great
>> until
>> this morning. Since jump starting it didn't seem to do any good I'm
>> guessing that the generator isn't the problem. I haven't torn back
>> into it
>> yet to see whether or not the pinion and barrel is sticking again,
>> but I
>> made sure before I put it in the other day that it worked really
>> well. The
>> engine doesn't even turn over when I try to start it either, if that
>> helps,
>> and the clutch seems to be working fine. I can't figure out what
>> else it
>> could be, but does anyone have any great suggestions?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Trisha
>> '59 Bugeye
>> '89 Honda CRX
>> '99 Honda CBR900RR
>
--
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
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