David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 02:57 PM |
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I don't beieeeeve it!
[Victor Meldrew mode on]
I've been working on my engine, trying to raise some oil pressure, and yesterday I put it back in the car to see if I've fixed it.
Guess what - the starter's inertia gear seized! Aaargh! It's a conspiracy, I tell you...
Now I've got to make a spring compressor, so I can strip the starter's inertia gear, sort out what I find, rebuild it, THEN see if I can
raise any oil pressure... 
A black cat must have crossed my path, or I gave some witch an earful of abuse, or something... 
Everything else on the car is ready for the SVA - b*ggerit.
I was so pee'd off this afternoon that I went out and heaved old plants out of the fishpond - that's how desperate I was!
rgds,
David
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Hellfire
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 03:46 PM |
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Is that a dead Robin I can see on your offside nosecone? 
Good luck with it!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 05:36 PM |
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David do you mean a starter bendix spring compressor?? I may have one you can borrow if I can find it ,but i'm in Cambridge . You may not need
to remove bendix if it is just sticking, try WD 40 and working bendix manually, worth a try. Rusty
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 06:44 PM |
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Rusty,
It's been sort of sticking for a while, but now it's seized completely.
I'll try the WD40, otherwise I'll have to make a compressor on the lathe (not difficult, just 2 big 'washer-shapes' and some
screws). It's just another time-waster.
David
[Edited on 19/9/04 by David Jenkins]
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 06:51 PM |
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Don't use WD, it's fatal.
Try dipping it in petrol, bendix should never be lubricated or they get caked up in clutch dust and stick even more. Petrol cleans stuff out and then
evaporates.
[Edited on 19/9/04 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 08:02 PM |
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petrol will not lubricate bendix , use WD 40 to free it off , then dry it off . Seem to remember graphite from pencil lead is a good lubricant for a
bendix. Rusty
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 08:05 PM |
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Tried brake cleaner spray - similar effect to petrol, and evaporates rapidly. Also tried lock graphite.
Neither worked.
I think it's something catching inside the moving bit, where the return spring lives.
DJ
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