Hi All
Sorry to keep harping on . . My second post and it's another plea for help. So I've rebuilt the 1275 with the sound advice from Coxie (Cheers Buddy) and have installed into the fame which is a 1983 Austin mini Mayfair.
Sometime late last night (11pm ish) I piped and wired it all up and connected a brand new battery and went for broke.
Turned the key, starter solenoid clicked, starter motor whirred, engaged, turned for a brief second and then stopped. . . . . nothing . . . . dead. Tried again and nothing, not even a grunt !!
Having got this far I can't tell you how upset I am and even came close to shedding a tear ( Or was it all the crap that fell into my eyes installing the gear lever shifter box assembly back onto the car ( what were they thinking with that roll pin ! )
So after drying my tears and putting my head back on I tried the following:-
Check battery negative terminal to body for corrosion - check
check earth strap connection to body for corrosion - check
Check engine earth strap to engine block for corrosion - check
Try connecting Battery jumper power pack to battery terminals - check
Try connecting battery jumper power pack directly to starter motor - check
Ponder over whilst having a brew - Check
Try engaging high gear and rocking backwards and forwards - Unable to do as brakes are seized solid and need rebuilding.
Ponder whilst having another brew - Check (Knackered!! try to do this with seized brakes and a partially flat tyre)
Remove plugs and try again - Check
remove starter and turn with a screwdriver via the flywheel - Check (turned)
install original starter motor and try again - Check( the starter I fitted during rebuild was a recon from eBay)
Re-install recon starter and turn via the flats on the starter motor shaft - Check (It turns the flywheel)
Have a Brew and go home - Check
So that's where I'm at up to today. Unfortunately the place where I'm keeping it want it gone now, so time is of the essence. I can get it trailered to home but will need to drive it up the drive out of the way.
When I rebuilt it I could turn it over fine with a socket on the flywheel, albeit begin a little more difficult at the end of the compression strokes but I would expect this ?? I've installed new rings and honed the bores. I gave a dowse of engine lube round the rings prior to installing back into the bores.
I'm a little lost now and tired after the efforts last night so could do with some tip top advice. . . . over to the masses then