[Healeys] Electrical issue - Need help

[Alex]

Lin, you may have a defective starter motor. I recently rebuilt mine. There 
was a flat spot on the commutator.

Try this:

Jack the car. Turn off the battery (disconnect one lead on the battery).

Prise off the protective cap on the end of the starter motor. Use a spanner 
and turn the armature. If there's a flat spot or bad winding you may find 
that moving to a new position will let the motor operate.

If so, replace or service the motor. It only takes ten minutes or so to 
remove.

== Alex in Maine
     "The Blue Mainie," 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
     "Conkling," 1946 MG TC #1321
     Former owner 1957 A-H 100-6, 1967 A-H BJ8,
     1965 MG Midget
     http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linwood H Rose" <linwoodrose at mac.com>
To: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Electrical issue - Need help


> Last night I took my recently restored BT7 out for a drive, returned
> and parked in the garage. Ran beautifully and I am pleased with how
> everything has performed. UNTIL,today I jumped in to start the car.
> When I hit the starter button there was a brief click and then
> everything was dead.