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Starter motor

Post by francophile1947 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:05 am

I think the contacts in my starter motor may be on the way out - lots of clicking :(
I've found all the info I need about replacing them, but I'm away to Littleport, Blackpool and Silverdale next week and won't have time to get the parts and fit them before I go #-o
Does anybody know if the more powerful starter motor from a Winter model van can be used in a non-winter van? :? I know that they work the other way round, but thought I'd check before swapping them over.
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Re: Starter motor

Post by mikeonb4c » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:11 am

francophile1947 wrote:I think the contacts in my starter motor may be on the way out - lots of clicking :(
I've found all the info I need about replacing them, but I'm away to Littleport, Blackpool and Silverdale next week and won't have time to get the parts and fit them before I go #-o
Does anybody know if the more powerful starter motor from a Winter model van can be used in a non-winter van? :? I know that they work the other way round, but thought I'd check before swapping them over.
I don't know, but its hard to see why not, provided it fits :roll:
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Re: Starter motor

Post by moonshine » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:38 pm

If the smaller one can be used in place of the bigger one, they must fit on the same mountings and the number of teeth on the starter ring must be the same, so unless there is something obstructing the body of the starter, it must work I would have thought. I don't remember anything being around the starter on mine to cause such an obstruction. If I still had it I would go and take a look.
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Re: Starter motor

Post by francophile1947 » Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:30 am

Thanks for the replies - they mirror my thoughts. Time to find out methinks :lol:
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Re: Starter motor

Post by francophile1947 » Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:58 am

Hey Ho, guess we'll never know :( Starter must have been installed by King Kong's lost twin - can't get ANY of the bolts undone :oops: :lol: :lol: Looks like a garage job (and a replacement starter) when I get back from Silverdale :roll:
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Re: Starter motor

Post by wonkanoby » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:15 am

(and a replacement starter)

why when 99 percent of time all is needed is the one brass contact that errodes
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Re: Starter motor

Post by francophile1947 » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:23 am

wonkanoby wrote:(and a replacement starter)

why when 99 percent of time all is needed is the one brass contact that errodes
I'll do that to the spare :D
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Post by bigdaddycain » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:26 am

francophile1947 wrote:Hey Ho, guess we'll never know :( Starter must have been installed by King Kong's lost twin - can't get ANY of the bolts undone :oops: :lol: :lol: Looks like a garage job (and a replacement starter) when I get back from Silverdale :roll:
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Re: Starter motor

Post by francophile1947 » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:39 am

bigdaddycain wrote:
francophile1947 wrote:Hey Ho, guess we'll never know :( Starter must have been installed by King Kong's lost twin - can't get ANY of the bolts undone :oops: :lol: :lol: Looks like a garage job (and a replacement starter) when I get back from Silverdale :roll:
I'm dayvisiting at silverdale... :-"
Thanks Ste, but it's the good one on my old Bongo that I can't shift :twisted: It looks totally different to the one on my Freda anyway, so I've ordered one which may well come to Silverdale with me :wink: - if I get that far :lol:
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