A little preventative maintenance today

mininuts · 11th April 2018, 19:05

Changed the starter motor contacts and plunger today, no reason really, just thought it better done before the car lets me down. No need to look in there again........hopefully.
It was doing Ravinder's tourer a few weeks back that made me think to do mine before it starts misbehaving

Looking at the contacts that came out, it was a worthwhile job

macafee2 · 11th April 2018, 19:47

have you a link to the new parts please?

how long did it take you?

macafee2

Arctic · 11th April 2018, 20:49

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Originally Posted by macafee2

have you a link to the new parts please?

how long did it take you?

macafee2

Hi Ian.
Paul may have bought the kit from here in the link below ? but have a good read, I would say every car 65,000 and over would benefit from maintaining their starter in this way.

I covered this back in 2015 not an hard job an hour maybe the most.

https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=227316

vacuman · 11th April 2018, 21:09

Is it just an hour for the V6 starter?

mininuts · 11th April 2018, 21:11

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Originally Posted by macafee2

have you a link to the new parts please?

how long did it take you?

macafee2

Steve is right, these are the parts I bought........good seller with quick delivery

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-ZT-2-0...72.m2749.l2649
Took around 10 mins to fit the parts in the starter, it's getting the starter off that took the time

About 1 1/2 hours all in, including two mugs of tea

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Originally Posted by Arctic

Hi Ian.
Paul may have bought the kit from here in the link below ? but have a good read, I would say every car 65,000 and over would benefit from maintaining their starter in this way.

I covered this back in 2015 not an hard job an hour maybe the most.

https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=227316

I used your excellent 'how to' Steve

Just for the record, my car has just hit 120,000 miles so, assuming that no work has been done previous to my ownership of six years, these contacts have done that mileage.

Arctic · 11th April 2018, 22:10

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Originally Posted by vacuman

Is it just an hour for the V6 starter?

Hi Stan.
I would say yes about the same time, it maybe a little less as the starter is not in such an awkward place as the diesel starter.

V6 air box off and out of the way and it will reveal the starter just under the coolant pipes, not done one yet but I am going to do my MGZT 190 one as soon as the weather picks up so lookout for the how to

Ravinder · 12th April 2018, 06:16

Good work, Paul. Mine still starts fine.

Just everything else that keeps falling off it, now...

mininuts · 12th April 2018, 10:34

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Originally Posted by Ravinder

Good work, Paul. Mine still starts fine.

Just everything else that keeps falling off it, now...

Now waiting for a glue related response from Keith

FLYING BANANA · 12th April 2018, 11:02

Perhaps I should get Banana's looked at seeing as she is on 198,000.

mininuts · 12th April 2018, 14:15

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Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA

Perhaps I should get Banana's looked at seeing as she is on 198,000.

Might be worthwhile Bob although, the 'don't fix it 'til it's broke' approach has a lot going for it too

Sometimes, just sometimes, things are best left alone.

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macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,983 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	have you a link to the new parts please? how long did it take you? macafee2