[Nobbc] 1959 Austin Healey 3000 BT7 Starter?

[Clif & Deborah Williamson]

Hi Kris.
Another possibility is that your ring gear on the flywheel is lined up with 
your starter gear tooth to tooth.  This is a very common problem with Jensen 
Healeys.  There is a tendency for the engine to stop in the same place and 
after a while a flat spot develops on the starter pinion or the ring gear or 
both.  Try putting the car in 2nd gear and rocking it forward a bit.  If the 
car starts there is a very good chance this is your problem.
Good luck
Clif and Deborah
74 Jensen Healey

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From: "Kris Klein" <krisk1 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 4:33 PM
To: <nobbc at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Nobbc] 1959 Austin Healey 3000 BT7 Starter?

> Hoping for suggestions:
> Just got my Healey back from my mechanics over in
> Stockton and turned it off in
> my driveway and now it does not start. It only
> clicks once. Using my test light
> and talking to my mechanic I have pinpointed
> the problem (I think) to a bad
> starter. I have tried the hammer trick to no
> avail. I wish the mechanic would
> have had a crystal ball to see that it was
> going to go bad because it didn't
> give any indication.
>
> Can anyone suggest a
> local British car repair shop that I can trust to put in a
> new starter so I
> don't have to get my car towed to Stockton? My mechanic is
> suggesting putting
> in a newly designed starter with a built in solenoid (higher
> torque starter
> ratio or something like that) which requires a little
> customization during
> installation. Or does anyone suggest just purchasing a
> starter on the web or
> locally and think I can put it in myself? Please email me
> your suggestions.
> Thanks,
> Krissy Klein
> 1959 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
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