Starter from hell

[ricanflava]

I own a 92 240SX Coupe with a transmission swap. It's been running awsome until today. This morning it started kinda weak, so i'm thinking, i got to get me a new battery. i took my daughter to school and came back home and shut the car off while i install some tweeters. I went to starter her up and it dragged on to start and then it didn't want to start no more. I' m getting voltage from my battery to the starter and i also used my truck to give that extra boost to the battery. It click 2 times and then it stopped. I hit the starter a couple of times and it started to turn over, even without depressing the clutch..Can someone help me with a good idea

[bpeters38]

I had the same problem. When I tapped on the starter with a small hammer it would start up. I replaced the starter and that fixed it. I have 2 Nissans and have had the same problem on both. OEM starters suck. Replaced with better after market starter.

[ricanflava]

Thanks for the info i hope it works and also the starter was really hot when i was trying to start it..did you had the same effect...Thanks

[scottydog]

Your starter has some bad spots on the contacts. When you hit the starter it moves the contacts a bit allowing it to work temporarily.

New starter should do it.

[ricanflava]

Thanks