It has a lever and slide contacts in the 'ballery' (what they call it in the manual)/solenoid. I tested the resistance on the solenoid when pushing the pin back and got a reading of 0, so that seems to be fine. Why wouldn't the starter motor crank at all, it's getting power from the solenoid when the gear is pushed forwards and is earthed to the engine. I put the motor back together and it cranks when hooked up directly to the motor, pin pushes forwards when supplied with power. But as soon as i put it back in the car the starter won't turn, but i can hear the pin pushing forwards. Apart from the starter being stuffed, i can't think of a reason why it is playing up
One thing i ahve noticed is that the starter motor doesn't spin as quickly as other starters that i've hooked directly upto a battery to test. Maybe that's a tell tale sign the starter is stuffed?? cheers, Adam ps - yes ti is a Hitachi OEM. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 3:54 PM Subject: RE: starte motor question > Adam, > > What type of starter is it - old style or concentric, and is it a Hitachi? > OEM. The brush pack looks a bit like old style to me so it will have a lever > and slide contacts in the solenoid and not the later style steel ring and > tab setup. I still think the contacts in the solenoid are your problem, > there doesn't look like there's anything wrong with the brush assembly. > > regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adam Jackson > Sent: Saturday, 7 September 2002 3:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: starte motor question > > > I took the starter motor apart, here's a pic of the bushes....they are all > larger than the factory recommended(11mm) > > http://members.optushome.com.au/adamja/starter.jpg > > Terry, > > Where abouts are the tabs that you mentioned? I couldn't see them on the > solenoid?? > > cheers, > Adam > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
