[Healeys] Starter motor query

Darin Graber dkgraber85 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 14 08:30:17 MDT 2017


I had something like this happen to me just recently. Turns out a connection was trying to short out and eventually burned through the wire and shut the car off as it was moving down the road. Fix the wire and the issue went away. I would first check all your contacts again outside of just the starter motor and make sure all of that is OK

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> On Aug 14, 2017, at 5:50 AM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
> 
> Probably the starter relay/solenoid. The contact points may have burned in some degree. If you can dismantle the starter relay you may be able to clean the points or if they are heavily pitted you can often fill in the holes in the copper with silver solder and grind/file and polish the points flat. Make sure the faces of the points make contact over the entire surface. I did this many a time years ago when the money was tight.
> If you cannot dismantle the relay or if you have no possibility to solder fit a new one. 
> Another less likely cause may be a sticking inertia gear on the       starter motor shaft. In that case the starter motor will turn over but the inertia gear does not engage the starter ring gear. Try squirting some WD40 on the inertia gear and shaft and see if that helps. If so dismantle the starter motor or if possible the inertia gear assembly only and clean thoroughly using brake cleaner. Lubricate the inertia gear and shaft by rubbing some graphite/molybdenium powder on the shaft. NO oil or grease as this will worsen the problem in due course as it attracts dirt.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> 
> 
> Op 14-8-2017 om 12:36 schreef Paul Leeks:
>> Hi all
>> 
>> I having a bit of trouble starting the Healey.
>> 
>> When I press the starter button, I just get the dull click which is then followed by a clunk when I release the button. Eventually the car starts, but it usually takes about five or six goes.  Apart from being a bit annoying, I'm worried that I may be doing damage to the starter motor?
>> 
>> The battery is fully charged and I have removed, cleaned and re-tightened all the connections to the battery, relay switch and starter motor.  (During which I inadvertently shorted the two heavy duty cables that connect to the relay which did turn the engine over ... I then remembered to disconnect the battery :-)
>> 
>> Any thoughts on what I should try next?
>> 
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Paul Leeks
>> BN4
>> 
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