At 03:18 PM 2/24/2008, Jim Muller wrote:
>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.
Can the starter be tested out of the car? If it still drags, then
you've eliminated everything else. I'd then look at brushes or
similar. I think these things are pretty robust, absent a bad
bearing they ought to be easily repaired or rebuilt at home...
Jeff Scarbrough 75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
http://www.fishplate.org/vehicles/spitfire/
Athens, Georgia #354
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