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Re: [TR] Do I have a bad starter?

To: "Cameron Rooke" <beaker211@rogers.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Do I have a bad starter?
From: "Kurtis" <tr4driver@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:23:07 -0500
> Greetings,
>
> I just returned from vacation yesterday and went to fire up the GT6 to 
> make sure everything was OK before
> heading off to work in the morning. After a few Rrrr Rrrr Rrrrs, it 
> started up. I thought the battery was failing
> since it had been turning the engine more slowly the last week or so. 
> After driving the car around for a while
> (thinking I was charging it up), I stopped and tried to restart it. 
> Nothing. Just the solenoid making that single
> 'click'. Went and bought a new battery thinking it was dead. Nope. Same 
> thing. Replaced the solenoid with a
> brand new one and cleaned all the contacts. Same thing. Connected 12V 
> directly to the starter - nothing. I figure
> it is probably fried. Anything else it could be that I'm overlooking?

Bad ground conection?

Kurtis Jones
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4 - CT19389L
1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
www.geocities.com/tr4_1963


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