starting...or the lack there of
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luigisho
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Well I haven't looked at the GenII starters but I would assume there should be wires running current to the solenoid so look for those. You know the starter is the thing that the oil drips all over when you remove the oil filter right?
Good thing I'm so skinny, or taking these pictures would have been near impossible thumbs_u :
http://a9.cpimg.com/image/5D/B0/14528349-1cd3-02000155-.jpg
http://a0.cpimg.com/image/5E/B0/14528350-f7e2-02000155-.jpg
they're essentially the same picture, just at different angles. However, hopefully some visual aides might help me get to the root of this problem. Now, from what I gather, the starter is the thing highlited in Red, and the solinoid in green. Where should I go from here?
http://a9.cpimg.com/image/5D/B0/14528349-1cd3-02000155-.jpg
http://a0.cpimg.com/image/5E/B0/14528350-f7e2-02000155-.jpg
they're essentially the same picture, just at different angles. However, hopefully some visual aides might help me get to the root of this problem. Now, from what I gather, the starter is the thing highlited in Red, and the solinoid in green. Where should I go from here?
oh, shoot, looks like those links don't work...damn clubphoto for their lack of image hosting . Here's the link to the album. The pictures I was referring to are the last two (obviously).
http://members7.clubphoto.com/dan511389/1015250/owner-b7cb.phtml
<small>[ November 27, 2002, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: DubbaDooz ]</small>
. Here's the link to the album. The pictures I was referring to are the last two (obviously).http://members7.clubphoto.com/dan511389/1015250/owner-b7cb.phtml
<small>[ November 27, 2002, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: DubbaDooz ]</small>
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well just 2 days ago my starter went. I climbed under and beat the shit out of it with a small hammer (well with caution) and nothing that I dod made the starter work right. It just didn't have the balls to turn the flywheel. I got an occasional click, but most times nothing. So I had Advance Auto Parts get me one, $136 plus tax. I picked it up this morning , and all putz'n around aside I spent about 1 to 1.5 hours putting it in. Longest part was putting the car on jackstands (20mins) So I get under there and pull it out, found out something, unbolt your PS cooler and push it outta the way. gives you a few inches to play with in there. I Pulled the old one out and couldn't turn the teeth either way, so I figure the motore itself was bound and I needed to do the whole thing anyway.
I cleaned everything up real nice and got ride of 8 years of oil change spillage, and whipped out the dremel to clean the terminals. Put it all back together and she fired up real nice. I was scared for like 1/10th a secong that I forgot something, I had an extra nut laying on the ground, turns out it was the nut on the post of the old starter.
Couple of things that made it much easier to do.
1. Moved the PS cooler and big thing that's attched to it that looks like a globe. This gave me extra room to break the bolts free.
2. clean everything so that there is no crap in there that could cause any kind of no-start problems.
3. Rebuilt starters should be using a newer connection for the little negative lead. make sure when you use the butt connector, that you only have about 1/4 in of bare wire showing.
4. Also make sure that wire is well away from the front exhaust manifold, mine was resting right on it when I first buttoned everything up, so I moved the connector back a little and got it a good 1.5-2 inches away.
I was sure it was the entire starter, but be careful that if you replace the solenoid only, there may be something else with the starter. I find that the peace of mind knowing that everything has been replaced was well worth the extra $80 over the cost of just the solenoid.
I cleaned everything up real nice and got ride of 8 years of oil change spillage, and whipped out the dremel to clean the terminals. Put it all back together and she fired up real nice. I was scared for like 1/10th a secong that I forgot something, I had an extra nut laying on the ground, turns out it was the nut on the post of the old starter.
Couple of things that made it much easier to do.
1. Moved the PS cooler and big thing that's attched to it that looks like a globe. This gave me extra room to break the bolts free.
2. clean everything so that there is no crap in there that could cause any kind of no-start problems.
3. Rebuilt starters should be using a newer connection for the little negative lead. make sure when you use the butt connector, that you only have about 1/4 in of bare wire showing.
4. Also make sure that wire is well away from the front exhaust manifold, mine was resting right on it when I first buttoned everything up, so I moved the connector back a little and got it a good 1.5-2 inches away.
I was sure it was the entire starter, but be careful that if you replace the solenoid only, there may be something else with the starter. I find that the peace of mind knowing that everything has been replaced was well worth the extra $80 over the cost of just the solenoid.
wow, thanks for the great reply! thumbs_u I don't work much at all this week, so now is definately time to do it (i just hope it doesn't snow anymore!) I agree, I will end up replacing the whole thing, and not just the solinoid..sooner or later, the whole front end of my car is going to be brand new! But at 128k, if that's the first starter (and it sure looks like it), I'd say the SHO has done more than its fair share. Thanks again. Oh yeah, did you shop around at all, and was that with the core charge? If anyone else has tackled this process and would care to share a few nuggets of knowledge, I'd greatly appreciate it!
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But at 128k, if that's the first starter (and it sure looks like it), I'd say the SHO has done more than its fair share. Thanks again. Oh yeah, did you shop around at all, and was that with the core charge? If anyone else has tackled this process and would care to share a few nuggets of knowledge, I'd greatly appreciate it! -SHOmosapian-
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