Looking to buy a rover NAD10042 starter motor for the T16

Where is the best place to pick one up? Presume all will be used and refurbished these days. Is eBay safe?

Alternatively if anyone has one they would like to sell, let me know.

Is it physically broken or just stopped working, have you considered getting it refurbished?

We have a place local to me (Worksop) where they will rewind the core, fit new bearing, brushes etc.

But it looks like a very common starter motor, in fact I may have one in the workshop as I was running K series engines at one point although I did have a big clearout of starter motors & alternators as they were starting to take over.

https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-NAD10042E

https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/bosch-starter-motor-402220280

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/nad10042?search=OEN+NAD10042

But do your own due diligence that the links point to the correct item for you.

36 minutes ago, phaeton said:

Is it physically broken or just stopped working, have you considered getting it refurbished?

I suspect it's been the cause of intermittent starting failures since I bought the car as now it struggles to turn over at all, literally one turn a second. I've tried multiple batteries and checked all wiring looks good so I can only suspect the starter is worn out and draining all power when I attempt to start.

Good find on the eurocarparts site. I couldn't find it on there as it kept asking me for my VRM and then not believing that it exists! How did you know it's the right one, as I can't see NAD10042 mentioned on there?

If you do have one in the workshop though, you're willing to sell, i'd happily make you an offer

Edited June 25Jun 25 by wazcov

1 hour ago, wazcov said:

Good find on the eurocarparts site. I couldn't find it on there as it kept asking me for my VRM and then not believing that it exists! How did you know it's the right one, as I can't see NAD10042 mentioned on there?

Sorry I don't think that is the right one so be careful, you could order it, take yours with you & get a refund if it's not. But it is a commonish starter motor by the looks of it, MGF/TF, Rover 200/400 if you use this advert https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/318418855076 or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/257562095811 put in the Reg No it brings up https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/lucas-starter-motor-402751001

Looked in the workshop & I have 3 starter motors, 2 which I'm sure are MX5 ones & 1 other which I have no clue as to what it is but logically it 'should' be a K series one, all my previous kits have been either A series, K series or MX5. Here are a couple of pictures & a link to a video on Youtube to save the site bandwidth https://youtube.com/shorts/yzCNJQpKlBg?feature=share

If you want it it's yours but I'd prefer collection due to weight, located just North of Worksop it's whether it's worth the journey currently with the price of fuel, unless we can get a club train going, but I've no idea which members are between us.

Another thought is I'm going down to London(ish) the first week in August I could meet you somewhere near the Black Cat roundabout (or area)

Thank you for the pictures and video.

it does look very similar but hard to say if it’s the exact same. The mounting points look different as mine only has two holes.

I was lent a MGTF starter from a friend which we thought was identical but had 12 teeth instead of 10.

This one only has 10 teeth, what is also strange is that there is/was tippex on one of the teeth so I've obviously counted them in the past as well, it's here if you want it & can get it picked up

Andy and I have a spare one you could borrow to test. It’s in my attic. I’m on holiday ATM back on 11th July.

Bit of a journey for you but try Greens in Leicester, proper old school and have sorted me out a few times in the past

Andi