Motor Collection - Old School Horsepower

[juicedcoupe]

Just did a little freshening on this one. Cut the comm, rehab the endbell, cleaned the can, new brushes, and oiled the bearings.

While not in great condition (better than the motor was), it came with the original packaging.

[juicedcoupe]

This came on a car that I bought a while back.

After tearing into it, I realized that it didn't need much. The comm has never been cut and didn't need more than cleaning. Cleaned everything up, replaced one bearing, new brushes, and a new MCI decal.

And that makes three. None of these were specifically purchased, they all came in lots with other stuff.

[dinglem]

Picked this up as part of a bulk buy fairly recently - it was thrown in because it had jammed so was basically a freebie. All it had in it when i stripped it was a grub screw inside which had prevented it spinning.

Label is pretty much perfect. It is a 13 turn Platinum II. What is pretty interesting is that the armature segments have been really well polished, so much so that the red coating comes away very very easily indeed. You can pretty much rub it off. Typical Checkpoint wraps and centrally-aligned balancing are also evident. It now needs a full skim and rebuild with new brushes.

[RC10resto]

Great looking motor.
Nice score!

[dinglem]

Another saved from the junk pile - this one is a pretty rare MG Power white label Magnum 16quad from early 1987. The can has a few marks but the label is good - they are usually silver labels. Typical Mick soldering and heavy lacquer! The uneven comm wear is explained by the cut brushes! Quite pleased with this one.

[dinglem]

Here's a very nice, unused Technigold. I haven't seen one this tidy for a while. I had quite a bit of success with one of these in my SWB Mid when running on short, bumpy grass tracks. Loads of torque and you could really gear it up. Always fancied finding another one, so here it is....

[dinglem]

To go with the blue label Checkpoint I posted up the other day, here's a silver label 17turn.... i have only just opened this one and will now begin cleaning it up.

I also received a bit of a slot brush care package along with it which was a nice bonus!