[TR] Arrgghhh.

[Chris Simo]

Wow - thanks for that!  you just made me remember something...    I had a
similar experience - but had one of the brush mountings break.   It would
crank very slowly and I eventually went to the largest battery I could fit
thinking that would solve the problem.....

I was in a hurry to finish the car and get to my great uncles birthday
(original owner) and at 3 am the night before patched the starter with some
screws and a piece of brass -just realized  It's been over 13 years since
and still going strong.

It works much better with both brushes working!!!  I should get one of these
gear reduction starter, shouldn't I?

Chris

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Jim Muller <jimmuller at rcn.com> wrote:

> On 13 May 2009 at 18:01, Bill wrote:
>
> >  Today ... ah today ... battery appeared
> > to be dead, dead, dead.  The ignition light would not ... light,
> > even.  Hooked it up to my trusty Craftsman charger, set in on "Start
> > Engine" ... click, click, click.
>
> That sounds remarkably like an issue I had with my Spitifre.
> Starting got harder and harder until eventually even my trusty
> portable starter battery wouldn't help.  It appeared to be bad wiring
> or solenoid or ground.  Yet bypassing them didn't help.  The problem
> was thoroughly worn brushes in the motor.
>
> --
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller at rcn.com
> '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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