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ralph350i
Original Poster
731 posts
17 months
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Well after just selling my bmw M5 i desided to buy the car that i remember most when i was younger and low and behold this car came up for sell, its a series 2 car which is a non runner, but has had the heads re-built and a new clutch, but the owner( a really nice guy called Ian) had given up, so it down to me to get to get this car back on the road, so i,ll start with replacing the starter motor which is shot and see where that take me.
Kind Regards
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TvR Driver
398 posts
119 months
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Good Luck and you picked the best colour !!
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ralph350i
Original Poster
731 posts
17 months
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You know the car then????
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400SE Dave
680 posts
41 months
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Mike Brewer
407 posts
106 months
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Welcome good luck with the car.Looked a very nice car.Cheers Mike 350is2
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TvR Driver
398 posts
119 months
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Sorry no i dont know the car but mine is the same colour !
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KelWedge
872 posts
55 months
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Welcome to a world of enjoyment (sometimes!)
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Wedg1e
22,808 posts
135 months
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Should only take an hour or two to get that sorted (non-starting as I recall).
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superwedge
409 posts
18 months
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hi there,superwedge here, very luck to get that car , great price. i still think that it was a bad earth on that car , maybe , good luck with it, keep us all up to date,how things are going 
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Jack Valiant
996 posts
106 months
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Congrats on the car, same colour as mine! Hopefully you will keep us up to date on progress. Welcome to Wedgedom!
Chris
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combine
3,083 posts
99 months
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M5 to wedge , interesting !
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RCK974X
983 posts
19 months
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superwedge said: hi there,superwedge here, very luck to get that car , great price. i still think that it was a bad earth on that car , maybe , good luck with it, keep us all up to date,how things are going After I bought my 280 it took months of fiddling to finally trace a whole stack of weird electrical behaviour down to a couple of dodgy earth points. Voila !! MUCH better after cleaning up and sorting out dodgy crimps and corroded eyelets... Welcome to TVR madness.....
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ralph350i
Original Poster
731 posts
17 months
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Many thanks for the warm welcome guys, am sure i am gonna love this car and have found the thread the seller had made, so its a good start, just need to sort this starter motor as the guy in a local parts place quoted me £170.00 which i think is way over priced, so could anyone confirm that this is just a stock rover V8 starter please.
Kind Regards
Ralph
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simonwedge
329 posts
50 months
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Yes, it's a standard Rover starter motor.
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Desiato
608 posts
153 months
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Be careful, yes it is a stock Rover/Land Rover starter motor, but depending on your exhaust manifolds you may need the short bodied version. This carries the same part number as it's larger bodied sibling.
My last one came from my local Land Rover specialist and had been collecting dust on the shelf! Can't recall what it cost now.
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superwedge
409 posts
18 months
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seems alot off money to me , i think i get my old re-work get some new inside;s ect,
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ralph350i
Original Poster
731 posts
17 months
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Many thanks for the replies guy thats very helpfull, hopefully i can sort one today and make a start, cheers
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GV
1,844 posts
94 months
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There's a Landrover specialist that sells a Prestolite alternative much cheaper than some of those listed elsewhere - I've got one on my car it works really well. IMO don't by a stock part from another car as used by TVR from a TVR dealer unless you happy to part with much more money than you need to.
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maston
368 posts
22 months
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Hi Ralph350i (glad to sell the tvr to a nice bloke too mate  ), it's Ian here mate. I'm pretty sure that the solenoid on the spare starter is ok so if you can swap that then fingers crosses and all that. I think I found out the problem albeit too late really but check the wires that go into the power resistor. Appreciate everyone else's help but I checked all earths and all ok. Good luck and do keep me informed mate. Fingers crossed my 390 may ??? be ready this weekend Ian
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ralph350i
Original Poster
731 posts
17 months
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Hi Ian
Many thanks and am starting work on the car tomorrow and as promissed i,ll be sending pictures and a video when i have her running and am sure at some piont in spring we could meet up and show me your 390.
Many thanks guys for the other comments, there much appreciated.
Regards
Ralph
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