When my TR3A wouldn't start, I overstressed the starter and have the same
symptoms that you've described. I'm certain that the starter will need to be
rebuilt.
How could I "overstress" the starter? I was sure that the 2 year old battery
was OK, and kept cranking too long. I stoppped when I heard those clicks (and
a whining noise). In the process of chasing the problem down, I took out the
battery only to find that a mechanic (who shall remain unnamed) drilled into
the back of it when he did some work on my car. It had lost a lot of fluid and
couldn't possibly hold a charge anymore (even though the car had started just
a couple of weeks earlier). I should've stopped to check it first, but I was
so sure that it was OK ...
Some times we are fated to learn the same lessons over and over.
Regards,
Dave MacKay
>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:04:53 +0200
>From: Paul Mitchell <paul-m@mweb.co.za>
>Subject: TR6 won't start
>
>Help! Trying to start my PI TR6 produces just clicks, which seem to come
>from the solenoid / starter. If I turn on the ignition, I get a series
>of fast clicks - 3 or 4 a second(?). The battery is OK - I've tried jump
>starting it to no avail - and the normal tricks of rocking it in gear or
>tapping the starter with a hammer don't work.
>
>Further information that might help: last night was the first time I had
>driven it for about 3 weeks, having just fitted a new injector, and I
>had to jump start it then, but drove it happily for about 20 minutes.
>Sometimes I think I can hear the engine just start to turn, then the
>clicks restart.
>
>Am I in for rebuilding the starter?
>
>Paul
>74 TR6 PI
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