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Sir S1'a'lot Talk Morgan Expert
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It’s not a continuous clicking but one click/clunk then u have to release and push the starter again. Sometimes it can take 20 plus attempts for me
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From your description Viper, my guess would be that you have a variable resistance in your starter circuit the relay operated by the push button would perhaps be the first port of call...?
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Needs to Get Out More!
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Needs to Get Out More!
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It’s not a continuous clicking but one click/clunk then u have to release and push the starter again. Sometimes it can take 20 plus attempts for me Probably a partially stuck piggyback solenoid Viper. Proof of this make come from a second person operating starter button whilst you lightly tap the solenoid itself with a soft hammer. If the motor then operates you have the culprit although nowadays it means a complete new/exchange starter motor as mentioned earlier. It doesn't sound like the starter relay as that makes a much lighter click although an easy check is with plug-in replacement if above reveals nothing.
Richard
2018 Roadster 3.7
1966 Land Rover S2a 88
2024 Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450
1945 Guzzi Airone
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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It’s not a continuous clicking but one click/clunk then u have to release and push the starter again. Sometimes it can take 20 plus attempts for me Last time this happened to a pals car, with similar symptoms I stripped the motor to find the brushes had worn so low that the commutator was damaged and full of carbon/copper goo, causing a sort of 'short out' of power & the battery struggled to rotate the motor
Jon M
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