Re: MGF offroad for 3 years will not start
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 pm
Hi all - a huge delay since I wrote but there is progress!
We finally got it recovered to Maypole Motors 1.7 miles away after some shenanigans, we eventually got the AA to do it for £106. You are right RobboMC they say it is the starter motor, but they have quoted £395 for this £240 for the part and their supplie is confused as there are 2 options related to amperages.
On eBay we found the part for £29, the seller says it was retrieved from a Trophy in 2001 said it would work, but clearly looking at the pictures there seems to be a manufacturer stamp 01-04-12, so we challenged that and the answer was not clear.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166590824357
Sorry Rob I gave up on trying to sort this out myself as we have so many other issues....maybe I should have tried harder myself!
Any advice anyone? The car is now in the garage I told them I would check, they have scheduled in the 28th to do this work at 2 hours labour.
Help
Cheers,
John
p.s. at least we had fun gettng it onto the AA truck at 8:30am with neighbours and parents and kids on the way to school watching, smiling and friendly comments!
We finally got it recovered to Maypole Motors 1.7 miles away after some shenanigans, we eventually got the AA to do it for £106. You are right RobboMC they say it is the starter motor, but they have quoted £395 for this £240 for the part and their supplie is confused as there are 2 options related to amperages.
On eBay we found the part for £29, the seller says it was retrieved from a Trophy in 2001 said it would work, but clearly looking at the pictures there seems to be a manufacturer stamp 01-04-12, so we challenged that and the answer was not clear.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166590824357
Sorry Rob I gave up on trying to sort this out myself as we have so many other issues....maybe I should have tried harder myself!
Any advice anyone? The car is now in the garage I told them I would check, they have scheduled in the 28th to do this work at 2 hours labour.
Help
Cheers,
John
p.s. at least we had fun gettng it onto the AA truck at 8:30am with neighbours and parents and kids on the way to school watching, smiling and friendly comments!