ChrisR-4A Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Last to Post with a Difference Tell us how old your still working High Torque Starter Motor is, which make and which TR model. New posts must be older than previous! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkerwilliams Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Mine works well, sounds terrible though. On a Stag Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TorontoTim Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 I think I'm going to fail because I don't understand the rules!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Vincent Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Since 2014, bought from the TR Shop. Rgds Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 WASP type bought from TR shop circa 2 years ago. no problems yet. Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 "New posts must be older than previous!" I haven't got the hang of the time machine yet. Mine only seems to go forwards at an ever-increasing rate. MOSS -sourced starter fitted about four years ago and still OK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 5 hours ago, TorontoTim said: I think I'm going to fail because I don't understand the rules!! I'm older than Tim and my starter still works. Does that make me the winner or just older Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 WOSP, TR4A, 2011. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tim hunt Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Powerlite Model RAC102 from Eurolec Components, Brierley Hill. Fitted on TR4A, November 2011. ~ 40K miles since, no issues to date. Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Test & development item to replace TR2-3 'bomb starter' received from Trent Automotive in 1998. They were doing a range for Ford cars at the time and produced suitable units for all TR's for me to test. All units tested correctly on a couple of cars of the TR range. I finally fitted the TR2-3 item to my own TR3A car in 2004, it still works fine. The small Nippon Denso alternator they also gave me to test at the same time failed in 2012. - Replaced with a unit from Racetorations. Cheers Peter W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quicksilver Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 High torque starter from Bastuck. fitted 10-8-2011 Triumph TR4 1961, done 21000 mijl, no issues whatever the weather conditions are -10 C or + 38 C . Marcel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cochrane Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 I've had a high torque starter on my GT6 since fitting a stainless steel extractor manifold circa 2000. Can't be any more precise since I can't find the receipt although I think the warranty may have expired by now. I only fitted one because the original starter would not fit between the bellhousing and the new downpipes. Anyone else had this problem? It's done approximately 15k miles in that time and never missed a beat. It's also much lighter than the old unit which is a huge bonus if you need to fit/remove it multiple times. I had this hassle with the E-Type after the flywheel had been skimmed. Cheers Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
graeme Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 I have had a WOSP type starter on my TR4A since 2002. No problems at all and it has seen a lot of wet conditions and high temps in the South of France and California. I don't intend going to Alaska to test its cold starting performance. Cheers Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hpremote Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 I fitted my hi-torque starter on 18th Feb 1999. Cost, from Northern TR Centre was £131.01, in exch. for my rather chewed-up 'bomb' unit. Tim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greasemonkey Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 WOSP type on my 3A since April this year. Hell of a game fitting it. But it works fine now it's fitted. The problem was that the original s. motor is fixed to the block with 2 x 3/8" bolts but, significantly, whilst the holes in the block are a snug fit on the bolts the holes in the s. motor are 7/16". This allows the motor to be located by the shoulder machined in the end plate of the block but allows for some misalignment of the machining of the bolt holes in the block. 1950's motor engineering wasn't always an exact science. The fixed position of the stud in the top of the WOSP s.motor combined with a close tolerance 3 1/2" diameter shoulder, meant that the shoulder just would not go in the hole in the block. Rather than return it, I decided to persevere with some engineer's marking blue and a scraper. The "scrape a bit, try to fit, then scrape some more" technique took me the many hours to get a good fit as the branched manifold was still fitted. I've probably only taken 20 or 30 thou. off mostly one side of the shoulder. My experience may well be a one-off? Perhaps my block was the last one through before the summer shutdown in 1959! I spoke to the nice guys at WOSP and they said it wasn't a problem they had heard of before but would check it out with thr TR suppliers they deal with. Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 My Wasp went straight on. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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