Starter motor woes, 2.25 petrol

monkfish24 · Mar 12, 2014

I have gone through the forums, had the starter off and cleaned it twice. The splined drive has a little play in it and feels free to move. I've had a gear puller on it and it is free to move against the spring, I've had the battery out, charged up and none of this has helped.

It just spins and doesn't engage, I've turned the engine a quarter turn to see if the dog is rmisaligned.

Any other ideas?

trax · Mar 12, 2014

starters have a solenoid that pushes the cog out to engage with the flywheel, then it spins.

are you saying the cog isn't flying out?

edit: ah sorry it's a petrol

monkfish24 · Mar 12, 2014

trax said:
starters have a solenoid that pushes the cog out to engage with the flywheel, then it spins.

are you saying the cog isn't flying out?

This is an old style starter, there is no separate solenoid, it just relys on centripetal force to throw the dog forward.

trax · Mar 12, 2014

if it isn't spinning fast enough then the bendix won't kick out.

if you've had it off and cleaned it up, then i'd try another battery incase your current one is too weak.

monkfish24 · Mar 12, 2014

trax said:
if it isn't spinning fast enough then the bendix won't kick out.

if you've had it off and cleaned it up, then i'd try another battery incase your current one is too weak.

I'll give that a go, I never envisaged it would be a good battery as it was given to me with the landy as a project vehicle. This wouldn't be a problem if some gypo hadn't stolen my starter handle.

trax · Mar 12, 2014

monkfish24 said:
I'll give that a go, I never envisaged it would be a good battery as it was given to me with the landy as a project vehicle. This wouldn't be a problem if some gypo hadn't stolen my starter handle.

:lol:

divie · Mar 13, 2014

Make sure that the earths battery to block and block to chassis are clean and tight. After trying to start it is the choke cable warm/hot ? this is a sign of a poor earth.

Starter motor woes, 2.25 petrol

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