Re: SER1 Groaning starter .

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Graham

1st and easiest thing to check is the brushes.  You should be able to 
get replacements at any auto-electric shop as they are fairly universal.

Martin

GRAHAM WOOD wrote:

> Hello all,
>  
> I'm going to have to attack my suspect starter motor soon (On an early 
> 2 litre engine).  The symptom is that every so often it will do half a 
> turn and then stop turning, while continuing to make a plaintive 
> groaning noise. Any ideas?  I'm just trying to get half an idea in 
> advance to try and minimise the time the vehicle is out of action as I 
> use it daily and will be a bit stuck without it just at the moment.
>  
> If it was a late 2 litre I'd simply buy another starter and swap them 
> to save time, but a recon unit seems to be totally unavailable for the 
> early engines so I'm going to have to sort out the one I've got.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Graham W


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