New TR7 Owner

[prlee]

Careful of towing, can wreck the gearbox due the the integral oil pump not being driven.

Pete
81 DHC (Undergoing minor body repair)
79 Spitfire (Current Main drive)

[FI Spyder]

Don't forget to clean the wire to the solinoid. The starter comes out easy enough with the car up on jackstands if you have a place to work on it (except for '80 or newer cars with big Californian cat.) If you get a new starter I'd get a modern gear reduction starter. I pick up one from eBay for $186.00 although I've seen them over $260. Most distributors get it from same company that does the adapter.

http://www.gustafsonmachine.com/?gclid=CILd1oLZ7aACFRdYbQod7xqrVQ

They use a Nipon starter that lasts forever with only the solinoid con tacts needing replacing from arcing for a few bucks once every couple of decades. Greater starting torque using less battery and faster turning.



TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

[Gubi]

Thanks for the reminder on the towing. I was planning on getting a flatbed.

Gear reduction starter sounds like a good idea, thanks. It's a '79 CA model, and the cat is definitely the issue with starter access: had a hell of a time just cleaning the connections. If there's a bigger cat on the later ones I'd hate to see it! I've got a good mechanic who's reasonably priced, so I think he'll have an easier job on a lift than me with the jack stands.

Is there supposed to be a heat shield on the solenoid & starter? There isn't, which may be part of the problem. I think it may have cooked.

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Tom
'79 TR7
'87 Alfa 75
'91 Alfa Spider

[FI Spyder]

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Is there supposed to be a heat shield on the solenoid & starter? There isn't, which may be part of the problem. I think it may have cooked.
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Yes the Cat which gets very hot and sits very close to starter could fry without it. When I put my gear reduction stater in I had to make a heat shield out of a sheet of aluminum as the old one wouldn't fit the smaller starter. I took a rough pattern from a chevy stater heat shield I saw at Lordco and mirror imaged it as it was for RHD side.


TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

[ColoradoTR8]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by FI Spyder</i> I don't know why you have the regular steering wheel as the TR8 one is generally considered to be nicer. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Early TR8 coupes had that same steering wheel.

<b><i>Shawn</i></b>