Tried starting the truck this morning and it wouldnt
Tapped the starter and it fired up first flick of the key
What would be sticking and need cleaning?is it the part that has the cog on the end in the small housing that fits into the bell housing
Or am I better off getting a new starter

Many thanks in advance

Al


Ps please hurry up with YA answers as I will do it tonight

I cant remember anyone ever having to replace the starter due to it being faulty ......... not that this info helps much though eh ?

It's more than likely the solenoid on top of the starter that's sticking , not sure if you can strip and clean them

If the bit on the end was sticky ( STOP IT !!!) then the starter would spin but not turn the engine, the solenoid on top, normally can be removed and cleanes as its likely this that is causing the issue, the one piece that you can't clean (without some further dismantalisation) is the contact bar ( fat copper thing) at the front of the solenoid that actually passes the power to the motor bit of the starter..

It jams and draws the current but tapped it spins,so a new starter I guess

Thanks guys

Al

Sounds like shorting between the commutator segments..... @Warriorbez will be along soon to explain...

Does that mean a new one @LezT

Al

Simpler, easier and far less time, just a bit more dosh mate...TBH, never worth feckin about with, as they'll be gone wrong again in a few months...

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I cant remember anyone ever having to replace the starter due to it being faulty ......... not that this info helps much though eh ?

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No hassle doing it its one I put on a yearish ago could be 2 years
eBay any good guys

Al

Mine's buggered too, it just spins.

Ordered one today, £60 for a shiney recon unit.

I think the starter motor company was the cheapest I could find at the time Al, ....maybe cheaper elsewhere though.........

Thank guys you've done me proud

Al

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I cant remember anyone ever having to replace the starter due to it being faulty

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if I went to my local factors for a starter motor I'd walk out with a vinyl roof for a 1975 austin elegro vanden plas

and thats if your lucky.....

@LezT is this one ok it looks like the one I have on the hood bit over the cog end
131088848052 eBay
@ColinTheCop this any good for you new

Al

Fitted mine tonight - in the dark with a headtorch.

It was a pain, struggled to hold it in place to get the bolts lined up to get them started in the thread.

Got mine to do lol
Struggle on till the weekend me thinks

Al

And remember to disconnect your battery.... I had an impressive firework type display under my bonnet at one point.

New one fitted half hour job start to Finnish including getting tools and lighting out
Dead easy two bolts 14mm top and bottom
One 13mm nut on the main wire
One push on/off wire
One 10mm bolt on the negative side of the battery / disconnect first/reconnect last

Al

I changed the selinod on mine tday easy job Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)i had a couple of spare starters in me stores

I read that you had earlier

Al

Im just showing off

What a change starts 100 times better than it ever had

Al