Hello Folks,
I'm a very amateur amateur. I have a T that doesn't usually cause any trouble. Recently, the starter motor got sluggish and I had a local guy clean it out inside, where oil had managed to penetrate and create grinding paste. The motor now turns fine. The first time I turned the starter on after re-installing, it turned over the engine fine. Now, I just get clicking of the kind I would get if it had a solenoid that failed. It has a new battery, fully charged.
I am guessing that I have either got a poor earth, or the bendix wasn't reassembled properly, by me. The main issue when putting it back together was that the inside of the tube was a bit tight on the shaft of the starter. It did slide, but not very freely. I'm not sure if that needs to be remedied.
I would value your suggestions before I start investigating please.
Len
This photo shows the assembly sequence for the Bendix drive on the armature shaft. Notice the Woodruff key that holds the drive head to the shaft is not shown.
In many cases the drive sleeve will not easily slide onto the armature shaft because the shaft is slightly bent or the bolt/Woodruff key holes/slot holes are upset on the shaft surface.
Give me a call if you run into trouble.
Ron the Coilman
859-881-1677
You might check to see if the starter is bolted in tight, a bad ground connection will some times
cause the starter to operate sluggish or not work at all. The easy things first.
Bob
Your idea with bad earth are not that bad, but it may be a different place than where the starter sits. If the starter is not mounted tight, oil will virtually pour out.
If no other earthing is done, you will find it at the battery where one of the leads goes from the battery negative pole to the frame of the car. Check that and also the positive connection to the battery as well.
You may have sufficient contact when switching on the lights but as soon as the connection have to carry the 200 amps the starter draws - it fails.
I would call Ron, he helped me through a problem.