I thought I was going to have to spend $150 bucks on a new starter. The problem I was having was that every now and then I had to hit it to get it to crank.
I decided to take out the starter and open it up and see the guts of it. I found that the solenoid contact points were full of crud and the starter had allot of crud and carbon deposits all over. I cleaned it, especially the solenoid's contact points and then took it to AutoZone to get it tested. They said it was bad, no good. I then took it to Checkers and it passed there. Seeing that Checkers had a better, more modern system to check starters I took their advice on it. It had passed.
I installed it on the car, and no problems as of yet. It cranks great and even sounds healthier.
So I saved $150!!!
Now... where am I going to spend those $150!
Starter Problems
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drifter_for_life06
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PantherRacer
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Re: (KDashy)
1 pass out of 2 is not exactly a good thing. get a third test....or just buy the new starter man, it might work now, but who knows....
Re: (PantherRacer)
You don't want to be stuck in a bad place when your starter goes.PantherRacer wrote:1 pass out of 2 is not exactly a good thing. get a third test....or just buy the new starter man, it might work now, but who knows....
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Timeless240
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I'm surprised that you didn't mention how damn hard it was to get out the stock starter. I just replaced the starter on my 93' s13. I tapped the starter with a little hammer for about 2 weeks before hitting it no longer got it to crank. It took me and 2 gearhead friends 2 hours to unbolt the starter whose bolts are wedged in so tightly between itself and the firewall. It cost me about $180 after returning the old starter core at Advance Auto.