John Morrison Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 Have a starter motor that sounds pretty laboured in operation, though it always fires up the car, is the cure just a clean up inside? John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 1st check is to measure the voltage on the motor main terminal while cranking, you may just be loosing too many volts through bad connections. If ok (greater than 10v) then the starter may be faulty, & need a re-wind. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) Did you save this excellent article that one of our own placed in the TR newsletter? It helped me find out why my car had a sluggish starter. My battery to bulkhead earth connection was dirty and dropping almost 2 volts when the motor was cranking. As Bob has written if the connections are ok then start by looking at the starter motor. I’d look at the state/length of the carbon brushes and their spring tension. PM me if you need spares for the starter as I still have a few NOS bits for Lucas 418G starters. See pdf. Acknowledgement to the original writer. Earthing 32.pdf Edited April 17, 2022 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stillp Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 Check your earth straps. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpmf Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 Had to add an extra earth strap, made the world of difference. Found that the carb linkage was acting as an earth, wondered where the smoke was coming from!! Grease in the rose joints was getting hot.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Salisbury Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 Renewing both bushes (70 and 83) on the long type starter made a world of difference to my 4A starter. Cheers Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Morrison Posted April 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 Thanks Guys, Peter you have PM John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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