[Mg-t] MGTF starter issue

[Terry Sanders]

Howard, your problem might be electrical, check the through bolts that hold the starter motor together , they might be loose....otherwise, dirt and grease willkeep the Bendix from working.
Terry in Oakland

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Howard Battan <battanhr at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Howard Battan <battanhr at comcast.net>
Subject: [Mg-t] MGTF starter issue
To: "MG" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:34 PM

Hi everyone. I've got a '54 TF with the 1250 engine. Over the three+
years I have owned it, the starter has occasionally not engaged when the switch
has been pulled. Normally, reaching down to the starter and giving a small turn
to the armature on the square protrusion used to unjam the starter from the
flywheel has been enough for the starter to work properly. Normally after this,
the starter will work properly for a long time.

This spring the car started normally for a few days, but in the past few times
I've driven it, it has needed this 'tweaking' more and more
frequently. Today it would not start first try, so I again tweaked the armature,
but it took many tries to get it to connect. After shutting the engine down, it
was again not starting normally.

Am I correct in assuming that a likely cause of this is worn brushes and.or
worn commutator? If so, is it an easy repair? Or should I be looking for
something else?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Howard Battan
'54 TF
'57 A
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