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Subject: [Mgs] High torque starters
From: Barrie Robinson via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:06:29 -0500
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Hello Rick,

I have had several high torque starters on my MGB GT V8 which has a 3.5L 
Rover V8 motor.   I went through several as they kept on breaking - 
about 3 I think.    They are great but the lesson I learnt was to get 
one from a bullet proof supplier. My first ones were from a local "well 
established" outfit whose source of these things was suspect.    They do 
work well but cheap ones are not a good idea.  But "clicking" is also a 
sign of a dead battery - yes?  But obviously you have checked that.    I 
recently put a Pioneer car radio in my MGB.   Found that my battery went 
flat after about 6 days.  After messing about trying to find the cause I 
discovered that the Pioneer polled the computer in the car - BUT as my 
MGB has no computer it continuously polled looking for a 
computer...until the battery went flat !!!

Brilliant today's technology !!!

Incidentally, not sure what advantage one gets when one has a "high 
torque" starter - My car used to start fine with the old grunt one !!!????

Regards
Barrie

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    <font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Hello Rick,<br>
        <br>
        I have had several high torque starters on my MGB GT V8 which
        has a 3.5L Rover V8 motor.   I went through several as they kept
        on breaking - about 3 I think.    They are great but the lesson
        I learnt was to get one from a bullet proof supplier. My first
        ones were from a local "well established" outfit whose source of
        these things was suspect.    They do work well but cheap ones
        are not a good idea.  But "clicking" is also a sign of a dead
        battery - yes?  But obviously you have checked that.    I
        recently put a Pioneer car radio in my MGB.   Found that my
        battery went flat after about 6 days.  After messing about
        trying to find the cause I discovered that the Pioneer polled
        the computer in the car - BUT as my MGB has no computer it
        continuously polled looking for a computer...until the battery
        went flat !!!<br>
        <br>
        Brilliant today's technology !!!<br>
        <br>
        Incidentally, not sure what advantage one gets when one has a
        "high torque" starter - My car used to start fine with the old
        grunt one !!!????<br>
        <br>
        Regards<br>
        Barrie</font></font>
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