Chuck:
I have had a similar problem from time to time. It happened at TexMog
twice. I jump the car nothing happens, but I discovered that if I put the
car in fourth gear and rock it, I will hear a "pop" in a moment. Then I am
able to start it with the key or the solenoid under the hood. I suspect
this is the starter, but it has not happened since I returned. Anyway, just
a thought to pass along.
BTW, the name Lucy has not stuck yet we are still looking and talking.
Steve Bauserman
67 Morgan 4/4 Competition
83 Mercedes 300SD
96 Cherokee Country
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles A Harris <harris_simmons@juno.com>
To: smithmog@ix.netcom.com <smithmog@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: sbauserm@actsnet.com <sbauserm@actsnet.com>; Morgans@Autox.Team.Net
<Morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Sunday, October 19, 1997 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: TexMog
>Before starting to replace everything in the starting system, does anyone
>have any extraneous suggestions to this problem. Matildas starter does
>not. Just before TexMog when you turned the key to start, the scuttle
>mounted solenoid would drop, but the solenoid on the starter would not,
>and the starter bendix did not move. I removed the starter, and had it
>tested, and the rebuild folks said it was o. k. My wife kept after me to
>check the battery, which I refused to do for some time, as it always
>something to do with Lucas. At last I did check the battery and found
>that sure enough it had died of some geriatric complications.
>Now with the new battery she has been starting fine until the day before
>yesterday when at the stables she refused to start. She bump started
>fine, and the starter worked for the rest of the day. yesterday she
>became like Bob Noguiras lottery starter on his return from Alaska, as
>sometimes it works, sometimes it did not. The new battery seems fine, so
>I wonder wheather the starter has sure enough now died, or if the
>solenoids are a problem. Any suggestion would be appreciated..
>Chuck Harris
>66 4/4 with 1600 x-flow and neg ground
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