Starter Motor

[ed400]

My starter has started making some extremely strange noises so am guessing its on its way out. Are they just standard Rover units or did TVR do what they do best and source it from elsewhere?

[anonymous-user]

TVR ones new are about £250

[ed400]

still, without one theres no chim!

[steveb*]

You can source em elsewhere for £150. I think they are Bosch units. (That's not fitted obviously)

[raceboy]

If you can take it off, pop into your local Auto Electrical place, and for no more than £70 they should be able to make it as good as new

[ed400]

I'm liking the fact that prices are coming down

Am fairly competant at mechanics so will have a stab at it myself...although it is going to austec next week...hmmmm

[big_treacle]

Maybe you'll be lucky - my hot start problem which I presumed to be the starter motor being seized turned out to be a loose wire! You just never know with these crazy TVRs.
Cheers

[Mark Adams]

One of my own starter motors recently died of this. The motor is a gear-reduction type, which works with three planetary gears. However the outer race for the gears is made of plastic, and sometimes breaks up.

When that happens you get strange noises from the starter, with occasional jamming. Oddly enough it still works a lot of the time! In this case a local reconditioning company were able to supply the part.

The starter motor is a standard Land Rover Discovery or Range Rover item, part number NAD101490. Yes it is made by Bosch. If you know where to get one it can be had for around £155+VAT brand new outright. Personally I never use exchange units, due to having had loads of problems with them.

[ed400]

Cheers for that Mark, i'll give my friendly factors a call tomorrow...they can get anything and always give me a nice healthy discount

[trevorw]

Found one here www.paddockspares.com/shop/pages/newrangerover/engine.htm £120 + VAT

edited: becuase caps lock was on

>> Edited by trevorw on Sunday 3rd October 12:26

[wrinkly]

Mine is on the way out, too. Julian (Joospeed) is going to fit a new one next week when I have the service done, He is sourcing one that is a higher spec/more powerful than standard, that has been fitted to another car he worked on. Will let you know more details when available, if anyone is interested.

[steveb*]

wrinkly said:

Mine is on the way out, too. Julian (Joospeed) is going to fit a new one next week when I have the service done, He is sourcing one that is a higher spec/more powerful than standard, that has been fitted to another car he worked on. Will let you know more details when available, if anyone is interested.

Be especially interested if it doesn't suffer from the "hot non start" problem.

[Mark Adams]

Steveb* - I second that, having been stranded in the outside lane of the M6 for 20 minutes after 2.5 hours in a jam. With real precision, the old girl stalled just as the jam cleared!

It's not funny is it???

Jools has a good eye for quality gear, so please let us know how you get on (Jools - blatant sales plug opportunity!)

[Mark Adams]

Oh yes - it was pouring with rain too! Still at least I made it onto the traffic news...

[wrinkly]

I'll "have a word" with Jolz when I see him on Tuesday and let you know details. Need to also convince him that he needs a week's holiday in France each year to give my Chim a bit of a seeing to mid year, as I am almost certainly moving over there permanently next year.

[david beer]

If its the hot start problem, get Joolz to try a relay in the solenoid ciruit, cured 100% so far.

[wrinkly]

david beer said:

If its the hot start problem, get Joolz to try a relay in the solenoid ciruit, cured 100% so far.

Thanks for that info, David, will certainly pass that on to Joolz.

[ed400]

Problem sorted....Austec are going to replace it tomorrow whilst they have the chim for service. Top stuff :thumpup:

>> Edited by ed400 on Tuesday 5th October 14:05

[david beer]

Hi wrinkly
what happened, did you go the relay way ?

[wrinkly]

david beer said:

Hi wrinkly what happened, did you go the relay way ?

Hi David, not sure what has happened yet, Joolz still has the car, as other work is being done (tenderly, lovingly and properly - as is Joolz's way) So I don't expect it back until early next week. Will inform you when car is returned (and after I've done the obligatory blast to make sure everything is ok)