After a mere five years of jackstand fun, our Spitfire is finally, not only
running, but legal, having passed both Safety and Emissions. So I've been doing
a series of shakedown runs, further and further from home, to see if this car
is ready to send off to college with my son next year. All
Tom,
Usually a click is down to not enough current - check the cable going
from the battery to the solenoid - it may look ok - but I've had one go
before with no visible or diagnosable reason.
James
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After a mere five years of jackstand fun, our Spitfire is finally, not
At 12:12 PM 9/4/2004 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I drove to store, parked, and when I came back out, all I got from the
starter was a click. Connections were all tight. Replacing the battery
with a new one made no difference. Finally, I got a couple of volunteers
to push me for a jump
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I drove to store, parked, and when I came back out, all I got from the
starter was a click. Connections were all tight. Replacing the battery with a
new
one made no difference. Finally, I got a couple of volunteers to push me for a
jump start. Drove
Well, thank you, everyone! I went out to mess with the car and came back to a
mailbox full of answers!
So I need a cable or a starter or probably both. I have a couple around here
so I guess I'll break one open and also carry a spare (and a hammer, I mean,
starter adjustment device) in the
Also chewed teeth on the starter drive gear can lock onto the flywheel
preventing the starter from turning. The short term fix is to rock the car
in 4th gear and the teeth will pop free and you can give it another go. The
long term fix is to replace the starter (or at least the drive gear).
