Probably the starter, had the same problem with my 68 C10, slow turning while cranking, put in a new starter, what a difference
Patrick 63 Spitfire 74 Spitfire 71 Stag 68 C10 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "triumphs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 2:18 PM Subject: [Spits] solenoid or starter? > 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 _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
