starter motor

[EdT]

Time for a new shiny new one. Any recommendations above OEM part?
Ed

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Funnily I need a new one too! I would also be interested in any recommendations.

[tubbystu]

TVRcarparts show them for £85 new, no exchange etc..........

[Johno]

Don't be tempted by a cheap on from Ebay, the one I was tempted by lasted 2 months.

The previous orignal item had lasted 7yrs & 55k miles.

[EdT]

looking here
http://www.tvrcarparts.com/pages/partdetail.asp?id...
its £105

Ed

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EdT said:

looking here
http://www.tvrcarparts.com/pages/partdetail.asp?id...
its £105

Ed

I can't find them for £85 on their site.

[lazyitus]

If this helps -

FOR SALE

I've got one of these, that I never used..

A starter motor

I never used it because it was a failing battery that I had, not a failing starter motor.

It has sat in the garage, got a bit damp but should work OK.

If you want it, I'll take £49 all in, including delivery. If for some bizarre reason, it does not work, send it back to me and I'll give you your money back minus the cost of posting it to you in the first place.

Hope this is of some help - you can email me if you want to do this.

Cheers
Lazy

Edited by lazyitus on Wednesday 5th December 11:47

[tubbystu]

ads said:

EdT said:

looking here
http://www.tvrcarparts.com/pages/partdetail.asp?id...
its £105

Ed

I can't find them for £85 on their site.

Sorry it is £105, apologies for confusion caused.......

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tubbystu said:

ads said:

EdT said:

looking here
http://www.tvrcarparts.com/pages/partdetail.asp?id...
its £105

Ed

I can't find them for £85 on their site.

Sorry it is £105, apologies for confusion caused.......

No probs. I removed mine the other evening. Might try cleaning it out first, it seems to have a lot of oil around it from when I had a rocker cover gasket leak. Maybe its full of oil which i guess won't help!

[tubbystu]

ads said:

tubbystu said:

ads said:

EdT said:

looking here
http://www.tvrcarparts.com/pages/partdetail.asp?id...
its £105

Ed

I can't find them for £85 on their site.

Sorry it is £105, apologies for confusion caused.......

No probs. I removed mine the other evening. Might try cleaning it out first, it seems to have a lot of oil around it from when I had a rocker cover gasket leak. Maybe its full of oil which i guess won't help!

Years ago as a kid my starter motor on a Peugeot needed new brushes etc, the maintenence guy at where I worked suggested taking it apart and leaving it in a bucket of parrafin overnight - works wonders and gets all the parts truly clean.

Thinking about it, you must have to subsequently do something to clean the parrafin off but I cannot recall what after 20 years sorry
White spirit maybe ?

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

lazyitus said:

If this helps -

FOR SALE

I've got one of these, that I never used..

A starter motor

I never used it because it was a failing battery that I had, not a failing starter motor.

It has sat in the garage, got a bit damp but should work OK.

If you want it, I'll take £49 all in, including delivery. If for some bizarre reason, it does not work, send it back to me and I'll give you your money back minus the cost of posting it to you in the first place.

Hope this is of some help - you can email me if you want to do this.

Cheers
Lazy

Hi Lazy,

If the other Guy does not want it I'll take it at that price.

Thanks
Leigh

[lazyitus]

TVRleigh_BBWR said:

lazyitus said:

If this helps -

FOR SALE

I've got one of these, that I never used..

A starter motor

I never used it because it was a failing battery that I had, not a failing starter motor.

It has sat in the garage, got a bit damp but should work OK.

If you want it, I'll take £49 all in, including delivery. If for some bizarre reason, it does not work, send it back to me and I'll give you your money back minus the cost of posting it to you in the first place.

Hope this is of some help - you can email me if you want to do this.

Cheers
Lazy

Hi Lazy,

If the other Guy does not want it I'll take it at that price.

Thanks
Leigh

Leigh - I'll get in touch with you tomorrow. I need to check with Ed first as I think he ordered one before I put this 'ad' on here. If he's sorted, its yours.

Cheers
Lazy

[Paul V]

tubbystu said:

ads said:

tubbystu said:

ads said:

EdT said:

looking here
http://www.tvrcarparts.com/pages/partdetail.asp?id...
its £105

Ed

I can't find them for £85 on their site.

Sorry it is £105, apologies for confusion caused.......

No probs. I removed mine the other evening. Might try cleaning it out first, it seems to have a lot of oil around it from when I had a rocker cover gasket leak. Maybe its full of oil which i guess won't help!

Years ago as a kid my starter motor on a Peugeot needed new brushes etc, the maintenence guy at where I worked suggested taking it apart and leaving it in a bucket of parrafin overnight - works wonders and gets all the parts truly clean.

Thinking about it, you must have to subsequently do something to clean the parrafin off but I cannot recall what after 20 years sorry
White spirit maybe ?

My Speed 6 starter was very slow and wouldn't engage, I took it off and gave it a decent clean, since then it spins up much quicker and engages properly.

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Thanks for the advise Tubbystu. I haven't got around to cleaning it yet this weekend, family things, but hopefully tonight I will strip it down and see how it looks.
hello Leigh, how is your new project going?

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Edited by ads on Monday 10th December 10:45

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

It's going well but slowly.
Had more to do than expected on the support vehicles.
Plus was harder than I thought to get an engine at the right price, that had not done < 100,000's of mile.

It's all still on schedule though I hope.

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Sounds good Leigh, as mentioned before, if you need a hand give me a shout. I'm only down the road!

[EdT]

Minus point: unexpected expense of the new starter motor & fitting it

Bonus point: boy it sounds good on start up !

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EdT, where did you get your starter motor from in the end, in case my clean out idea doesn't work!

Glad its all back up and running again, I'm just getting myself a new battery as well. The current one is nearly 5 years old and so I thought I may as well replace that while I'm at it!

[EdT]

I followed the tvrcarparts link below. Was about £140 all in. Had to get my local cap to fit as one bolt was a nightmare !
Ed

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EdT, where did you get your starter motor from in the end, in case my clean out idea doesn't work!

Glad its all back up and running again, I'm just getting myself a new battery as well. The current one is nearly 5 years old and so I thought I may as well replace that while I'm at it!

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Thanks EdT.

I have my old one off, going to clean it all up at the weekend and see if that helps, if not then I will be getting one from TVR car parts too. They are a good bunch of guys there.

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