Starter motor FIXED !!!

[Archangel]

starter just making clicking noise and not turning over

[steve_earwig]

Turn lights on, try starter:
Lights dim/go out -> check battery connections -> connections ok -> charge battery/replace
Lights stay bright -> check connections -> connections ok -> suspect start motor
Hit starter motor with hammer, put car in gear and rock backwards and forwards and retry -> ok now -> plan to replace starter motor in the not too distant future.
Still no worky -> remove starter motor and check solenoid action and condition of brushes & commutator. You probably can't get spares so it's off down t' breakers.

[sirwiggum]

Excellent post.
This should be stickied!

[teamster1975]

Excellent post.
This should be stickied!

I reckon you're right!

[sirwiggum]

It's a handy step by step without having to get the multimeter out!

[swiss]

And it's pitched right at my level of competence ^_^


Plus I liked the bit about the hammer

[Archangel]

yes ,very succinct but: a) no room to swing hammer and hit starter as you can see



b)) but anyway starter has been replaced ( I have a mechanic next door but one ) and all is now well (thank god )

first 2 points on list tried first anyway and mechanic ( Hans ) had already told me that starter was suspect so had bought replacement from local factor (LVW Senar ) top notch factor (birkenhead, ellesmere port , flint , wrexham ) for those in my area . Starting is so noticeably better !!

Also note that electrical connectors can be different ( i.e. spade connector instead of nut and washer (and vice versa )

[daniel]

PLEASE BEWARE EVERYONE. Do not hit a starter motor. A lot of modern starter motors have perminent magnets which are bonded to the inside of the starter motor and are quite fragile to impacts. If you hit them you are at risk of causing these magnets to break up and jam the whole motor solid. I know this from previous experience as I used to strip and fix starter motors as a job. You have been warned.

[steve_earwig]

Thanks for the heads up!

[teamster1975]

I've been using a persuader on mine for the last year or so, I'd better knuckle down and replace it!