Tom,
Usually a click is down to not enough current - check the cable going
from the battery to the solenoid - it may look ok - but I've had one go
before with no visible or diagnosable reason.
James
Tburke4@aol.com wrote:
>After a mere five years of jackstand fun, our Spitfire is finally, not only
>running, but legal, having passed both Safety and Emissions. So I've been
>doing
>a series of shakedown runs, further and further from home, to see if this car
>is ready to send off to college with my son next year. All was going well,
>eliminating heat leaks from the engine compartment and fixing guage problems,
>until yesterday.
>
>I drove to store, parked, and when I came back out, all I got from the
>starter was a click. Connections were all tight. Replacing the battery with a
>new
>one made no difference. Finally, I got a couple of volunteers to push me for a
>jump start. Drove home, turned it off, turned it on, started just fine.
>Hmmm....??
>
>I know this is not exactly unusual among old LBC's, but I wondered if anyone
>else has seen this happen on their Spitfire, and if so, what was the cause?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>
>Tom Burke
>80 Spit
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