Today being a nice day here in the upper right corner of the country, I tried to fire up the Spitfire. No go. So I hooked up my faithful portable starter battery. Just a very slow whirr--wrr--wrr. Not even close to being fast enough to fire. My neighbor happened to be watching so he grabbed his portable starter battery. Still nothing but a very slow whir--wrr--wrr. So I cleaned up the terminals on the solenoid, the starter, the bell housing, and the chassis. Actually, there is a line directly from the battery ground to the chassis and another from the battery ground to the bell housing. Still no go.
This behavior has been coming on for several years, the starter seeming to have less and less oomph at turning the engine against the compression. Something, either the wiring or the solenoid or the starter motor, is eating up all the juice. Or, more techncially preventing any from getting through. The wiring is easy to replace. Solenoids and starters cost money though. So I'm open to suggestions. Is there historical precedent (well, we are in the midst of a pecedential campaign, are we not?) for starters getting weaker? Or solenoid terminals to crude up such that it still closes and the starter still turns but just has too much resistance? Tanks, Jim Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
