Hiaboo
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Rochester, NY
Could I relatively easily get another unit and just swap it in and not screw up something, or should I just take it to a shop nearby and have them do it in an hour and suck my wallet dry some more?
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Starter motor goin out.. a ??
- Thread starter Hiaboo
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Ivan
I Jeep, therefore, I am..
- Location
- Greensboro, Ga
It's an easy swap.... 2 bolts holding the starter in, 2 nuts holding the electrical connector on. Should take you all of about 15 minutes at most to swap....
- Location
- Near Rochester NY
The starter is cheaper some places than others. I found AZ to be the cheapest. The first one lasted 7 months and about 8,000 miles. The second one lasted about double that. Lifetime warrenty, if you don't mind the hassle. I guess you get what you pay for.
BTW, make sure you disconnect the battery before you take the starter out.
BTW, make sure you disconnect the battery before you take the starter out.
Snarky
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chandler, Arizona
It is an easy job, but if its your first time dont expect it to take 15 min, my first time took me 3 hours! Give yourself a weekend with a buddy that has a car so if you grab the wrong starter you will have a ride to the auto parts store for a new one. (I grabed the wrong type and had to bum a ride off a friend)
Things to remember:
-Disconnect battery
-REMEMBER which way the wires go!
-dont loose the bots (I had 3 bots, somehow lost one of them, dont ask)
And it really shouldent take 3 hours. For me, everything that could go wrong, went wrong, so it took me 3 hours.
Things to remember:
-Disconnect battery
-REMEMBER which way the wires go!
-dont loose the bots (I had 3 bots, somehow lost one of them, dont ask)
And it really shouldent take 3 hours. For me, everything that could go wrong, went wrong, so it took me 3 hours.
Hiaboo
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Rochester, NY
Alright.. So I just rang up autozone and pretty much got the 75 buck one (lifetime) so.. just drop out and bolt in? well I guess i'll have to look closely to it or try and find my haynes to see if it is any help.
fergmonster
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- knoxville, TN
before you buy a new one, check your cables at the starter. loosen them. scrub em with a brush and reattach if this does not fix your problem then look for a new starter. But, i'll warn you AZ starter is low quality. just like earlier post states. "if you don't mind the hassle" i'd make sure yours is broken before replacing. I'm a fan of factory products also, junkyard or ebay for 20-25 bucks is probably just as good as an AZ starter. "all cars run on used parts"
make sure you disconnect the battery before you do it all!!
make sure you disconnect the battery before you do it all!!
ren
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- frenchburg, ky
Yeah, definately check the wires on the starter. My 88 & my 90 are good for shaking them loose, getting some oil/crud mixture on the terminal, and then not wanting to work right. When you tighten the connection, make darn sure not to over tighten the nut. Did that, had to fix that.
Jeff in VA
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- Location
- Richmond, VA
fergmonster said:
Hiaboo
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Rochester, NY
Yea i'll be disconnectin the battery.. dont wanna have smokin hair among other things.. I considered that (checking he terminals, which I will).. I should have said that last week i went to start but it wouldnt start, I had power, etc.. so I hit the starter with a rubber mallet and presto, started. so maybe it has junk inside. and now it's going like RR.... RRRR... RR.. before it starts.. never did that until a few days before it siezed and didnt think much of it.
ren
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- frenchburg, ky
Sounds like the armeture is on the way out, if not totally dead. Time to change it.
LibertyPatriot
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Springfield, MO
Hiaboo said:
Exactly what mine was doing. I swapped in a used one and now it starts in 2-3 revolutions. If it's warm, it starts in 1-2 revs.
Keith
