Milano Starter

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

       Sorry you got lost in the fray over dues.  Good stuff goes south while 
politics take over!

       So did you clean all the battery cables?  Both ends of both?  How old 
is your battery?  If it is more than three years old, it might have died.  
Even if it is newer, I would suspect it as the cause of a dragging starter.
       I just looked at my Milano and I seem to recall taking the starter out 
ahead of the exhaust manifold, but it looks like a pain.  I might have had to 
loosen the motor mount and raise the engine a bit to get it out.  It might be 
easier to remove the exhaust manifold after all.
       The connection from the manifold is not all that bad.  I know that it 
is easier to get the head pipes in and out with the manifold out of the way.
       Make sure you remove a battery cable before you start.  I definitely 
remember sparks between the starter shield and the hot end of the positive 
cable at the battery.  Problem was, I had both hands down in there and could 
not reach over and undo the battery while holding the shield off the starter.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 01/28/2002 7:58:03 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:



> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 19:35:00 -0600
> From: "Kevin Smith" <kevin.smith12@domain.elided>
> Subject: Dues increase---NOT!
> 
> No this isn't about a dues increase.
> My Milano has a starter problem, I write the digest asking questions and
> someone else starts a hot thread about dues!  Meanwhile I get one response
> (Thanks Scott) and I am still stuck.
> Three dragging starts in two days (I thought the battery was weak) then
> nothing.  I ran a cable (with a switch in the middle) from the positive
> battery cable to the firewall junction box and got nothing.  I'm assuming 
> that
> either the starter or the cable from the junction box to the starter is
> toast.
> My shop manual (IAP) only shows how to bench test and rebuild the starter
> after it is off of the car and a few sentences about removing it after the
> entire engine has been removed.
> It looks like the exhaust manifold and heat shield being removed should give
> me access to everything I need to change it from over the fender.  Is this a
> correct assumption?  Any pitfalls I need to know about in advance?
> 
> Not as juicy as a dues increase but I need help just the same.
> 
> Kevin Smith
> Nashville, TN
> 87 Milano
> 86 Spider
> 2000 H____a S2000

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