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Starter motor stuck
Posted: Tue 19 Apr, 2022 8:20 pm
by andrew.donegan
Hi everyone
Starter motor is intermittent.
Solenoid is working. Seems as the the starter has an issue.
I’ve tried to remove but top bolt is tooo tight and can only fit an open ended spanner on it. I’m worried I will strip it.
Any hints on removing? 91 model 1.3lt
I’ll try and get starter rebuilt unless there’s a better solution?
Re: Starter motor stuck
Posted: Wed 20 Apr, 2022 9:18 pm
by Cohengoo
A brand new starter motor is around $100 to your door from eBay or your favourite online auto parts store.
Re: Starter motor stuck
Posted: Wed 27 Apr, 2022 3:51 pm
by Jonno
Sounds like you need to try the "Clicky starter fix"
https://auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14695
(Please do a neater job than this dude)
Re: Starter motor stuck
Posted: Wed 27 Apr, 2022 9:00 pm
by jonfromhamilton
I thought if the bolt was too tight maybe the bell housing might be linked. Check of any of the other connecting bolts are loose if there an uneven loading across the bell housing maybe it's holding onto the starter motor
Re: Starter motor stuck
Posted: Sun 08 May, 2022 7:57 pm
by andrew.donegan
Hi Jon I reckon you’re onto something there
I managed to loosen the top bolt on the starter and it fixed it.
However after doing it back up it’s stuck again.
I’ll have a look at the bell housing next week
Thanks
Re: Starter motor stuck
Posted: Sun 08 May, 2022 8:22 pm
by christover1
Some after market starters need a spacer to prevent that. Fixed one of mine that way.