You may have teeth missing on your flywheel (hard/expensive to fix), or you may have a defective starter/Bendix drive (easier/cheaper to fix). They disabled your parking brake??? Sounds like a shop that the rest of us need to stay away from. Paul W. In an email dated 28/7/2005 1:19:09 am GMT Daylight time, joestill1@xxxxxxxxxxx (Joe) writes: >Hi all: > >What is the problem if the symptom of a problem is that the starter spins but doesn't spin the motor? > >Does that mean the car has fly wheel trouble? > >Could this problem have been created by the transmission shop that repaired the transmission in February? ?It seems like a long time ago but this is the same tranny shop that "disabled" the parking brake on this car because they didn't know what they had on their hands. > >I have searched the archive on the site for "transmission," "flywheel," and "starter" but haven't found this specific issue. > >I can turn the ignition key several times and eventually it will "catch" but it is getting longer and longer between starts. > >If this is the problem is this "easy" (what am I thinkin'?) to fix? > >-- >Joe >Allen, Texas >'61 4D Crown Southampton >http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1961/JoeStill/index.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm