[Healeys] Starter

[Chris Dimmock]

Glad to hear Bob
:-)
Lucas has been much maligned by many people who generally don't read their service manual, or actually service & maintain these serviceable components. 
Lucas distributors saw Formula Junior engines rev over 9,000 rpm in the era!
But you are right Bob. Lucas starters and generators tend to degrade in performance over time, rather than just outright fail. 
Best
Chris
Positive earth, Lucas points, all genuine Lucas BJ8 


> On 6 Apr. 2017, at 12:18 pm, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
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> I took the advice of several on the List and Forum, and had the starter for my BJ8 overhauled.  I installed it and gave it a whirl; I was caught off guard at how fast the engine turned over and fired-up, and over-revved the engine for a couple seconds.  I won't say it was as fast as a geared starter, but it spun the engine plenty fast, and much faster than I recall it ever working.  All this time--over 30 years' ownership of this car--I just assumed that Lucas starters sounded like it was all they could do to crank with the 'rnh-rnh-rnh' sound; like the starters on most piston aircraft engines I've flown (most of these planes were seriously under-batteried).
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> Thanks to all who provided advice.   Now, I gotta get the starter on the BN2 done.
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> Bob
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> Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
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