Gridgway Posted April 4, 2001 Author Share Posted April 4, 2001 not sure about the used to start airplanes bit. It's all to do with voltage. If the charagteristics of the battery are to produce a big cranking current, but at a voltage of 9.2 it'll only start certain engines. Eg my old vaux Viva that had a 6v coil and ballast resistor. So it would deliver 9.2v to the coil when cranking whic hwould be plenty for starting. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted April 5, 2001 Share Posted April 5, 2001 FWIW the part number for the starter motor from Lucas is STR543. Price was actually 33ukp+VAT (exchange), from: Lucas Service UK Ltd Cambridge 442 Newmarket Rd Cambridge CB5 8JU (01223) 315931 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridgway Posted April 8, 2001 Author Share Posted April 8, 2001 well boys and girls I have tried with a banner battery. This seems to give about 9.4v cranking voltage (which by all accounts is not enough). Surprise, surprise the prob has gone away. So anyone any thoughts? Is the voltage a red herring? Is there some fault which is diminishing the voltage (I measured it on the batt terminals), or is it something else? Maybe the R500 is only designed to be driven, then stopped for a rest!!! I'll be trying jason's spare battery next! Graham Edited by - gridgway on 8 Apr 2001 21:58:17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted April 10, 2001 Share Posted April 10, 2001 Did you dismantle the Hawker and fit the Banner in the car properly? I wonder if you had a slightly loose wire that now you've refitted is nice and tight? Have you tried reverting to the Hawker? C7 AJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridgway Posted April 10, 2001 Author Share Posted April 10, 2001 aaahhhh there is a flaw in my previous post! I meant to say that the problem has NOT gone away! I spent an interesting sunday afternoon not frightenting old ladies, but feeling inadequate looking at my engine not knowing how to get it started! I have installed the proper batt tray and battery. But have ano Hawker kindly lent by Jason Krebs to try. What a pain, looks like tuesday at Castle Coombe is off. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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