Re: SER1 Groaning starter .

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Graham,
Two things come to mind, the shaft bearings and brushes.  The motor=20
itself is pretty simple, just the armature spinning in the middle of=20
electrical coils, so unless there is a short or something broken=20
there's not a lot else to go wrong
Wayne Perrin
On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 04:46 AM, GRAHAM WOOD wrote:

> Hello all,
> =A0
> I'm going to have to attack my suspect starter motor soon (On an early=20=

> 2 litre engine).=A0 The symptom is that every so often it will do half =
a=20
> turn and then stop turning, while continuing to make a=A0plaintive=20
> groaning noise. Any ideas?=A0 I'm just trying to get half an idea in=20=

> advance to try and minimise the time the vehicle is out of action as I=20=

> use it daily and will be a bit stuck without it just at the moment.
> =A0
> If it was a late 2 litre I'd simply buy another starter and swap them=20=

> to save time, but a recon unit seems to be totally unavailable for the=20=

> early engines so I'm going to have to sort out the one I've got.
> =A0
> Thanks in advance,
> Graham W

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Graham,

Two things come to mind, the shaft bearings and brushes.  The motor
itself is pretty simple, just the armature spinning in the middle of
electrical coils, so unless there is a short or something broken
there's not a lot else to go wrong

Wayne Perrin

On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 04:46 AM, GRAHAM WOOD wrote:


<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Hello =
all,</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>I'm going to have to attack
my suspect starter motor soon (On an early 2 litre engine).=A0 The
symptom is that every so often it will do half a turn and then stop
turning, while continuing to make a=A0plaintive groaning noise. Any
ideas?=A0 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.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Thanks in =
advance,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Graham W</smaller></fontfamily>

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