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[HarryandDoreen]

Hello everyone

Doreen had a spot of bother recently, what with the cold weather and everything. She was very sluggish in the mornings so I put a new battery in. Yet when I turned the ignition, there was a clunk and nothing else happened.

A search on the forum under ignition and starter motor, with adjectives such as sluggish, dead & problem led me to a couple of old threads highlighting a sticky starter motor. Most importantly, there were solutions. So I put the car in gear, with the ignition off (Thank you bmcecosse!) and starting to bizarrely rock the girl back and forward. Suddenly there was a clunk sound, and everything seemed to free up. Hey presto, we started first time!

You have to understand how utterly unmechanical I am, and getting a car started like this is near miraculous. There are very few mechanical problems which have not been discussed here in the past few years. I am writing this post simply to say that if you have a search around on the forum, you will find the answer somewhere.

My local friendly mechanic is cleaning out the starter motor this morning for me. And to think that I thought that Bendix was a type of washing machine!

Hope all is well in everybody's world.

Harry and Doreen

[PSL184]

Make sure your local friendly mechanic doesn't use any grease on your starter otherwise it will clog up and stick again in a very short space of time