[Mgb-v8] Batteries

[PaulHunt73]

I don't really see how a battery being sick can damage a starter by itself. 
The only thing I can think of at the moment is that for whatever reason the 
engine wouldn't start, and you just kept cranking and cranking, burning out 
either the solenoid or the motor, which would be 'user misoperation'!  Oh 
yes, and another is that it's been cooked from heat from the right-hand 
down-pipe, because the heat-shield is either missing or inadequate.  My 
standard starter failed - solenoid gradually lost it's mojo - which is a 
symptom of this heat damage.  The heat shield was only a tin plate, 
originally OK when it was shiny both sides I suppose, but as develops 
surface rust the amount of heat it radiates towards the starter gets more 
and more.  I fitted one from Clive Wheatley which was a rigid, shaped board 
of heat insulation material about 3/16" thick.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> My high torque starter (from Ted Schumacher) went awol and the repair chap 
> here says it maybe because my battery is sick