i went out to my car today and got in and turned the key and click.... SOAB!!!! i checked my battery and i have pleanty of juice.. so i figure its my damn starter.. that pisses me off.. any ideas of where to get one or any other ideas as to what it could be

 

Check your battery cables.

 

well what do you mean you have plenty of juice? What measurement did you take, and what value did you recieve?

 

I bet you think starters are evil motors.

 

try this....tap the starter with a broom or a hammer or sumtin and get sumone to crank while ur doin that

 

yeah i know people.. i am a mechanic... my battery has full battery voltage.. i didnt have time to get under the car and hit the starter yet.. i will do that tomorrow..

 

and yes i hate all starters.. but then again it could be worse i could own a saturn

 

why do you hate starters?

Do you really want to get under there and crank it yourself?

 

i think it would be alot less problems if they had those cranks like on model a's lol... or maybe like a prop plane..

 

hell, just put a recoil on it and start it like a lawn mower.

 

yeah but knowing my luck i would break the cord.. lol

 

Try changing a starter in a Lexus ls300. (I think) V8. 4.3 , 4.6 something like that. They put the starter in the block valley. Under the intake. Also put the bolts in from the transmission side. Barely enough room to get a wrench on it.
I love starters. 2 bolts, 2 nuts. Get paid between 1, and as in the Lexus 6 hours. Only takes half the time to change.

What kind of mechanic work do you do.... Dr. Evil

 

Yeah, check your battery terminals, your ground connections, your fusibles, and then smack the heck out of your starter.

For lack of a better way to start it - push it (you *do* have the 5-speed don't you?).

Yeah.. mine conked out at the meet... just shortly before I broke my clutch disc. Hmm.. that wasn't the best day ever for things to break.

Where to get a starter? Well they have them in the Victoria British Catalogue, they probably have them at Mazdatrix, but I'd just go to your local auto parts store and grab one. It's just as good, and won't cost you the shipping and slightly higher prices of the rotary places we go for performance parts.

Now if only my car was much lighter... like composed completely of carbon fibre with an all-aluminum engine.. then screw the starter I'd push start it ALL the time

Jon

 

well i work on semis at one job and cars at my other.. i work for sears .. so its not big stuff.. but do my fair share of starters and alternators..yeah i had to do a starter on my old *** laser once.. that sucked you have to take the passenger side drive shaft out.. pain in the ***..

as for the hammer i will do that tomorrow after work. and i didnt try to push start it,.. i guess that would work too.. it is light as hell.. i also need to sand down my rear driver side fender and re paint it.. i had a tire let go of its tread and smacked the fender took most of the paint off... no damage though thank god.. and i didnt wreck
i was going 100 mph at the time... i have some skills let me tell you.

 

I like starters.

 

i like *****

 

those are a bitch. i work at a lexus dealership. its a ls400, ls430, gx430/470, and lx470. (there is no ls300 )

something i learned the first week i was there, if its say a ls400, it has a 4.0 liter v8. ls430, 4.3 v8, is300, 3.0 inline six. basically the first 2 numbers in the name are the displacement of the engine.

its not that bad once you do a few, but getting that intake off/on is a pain in the ***, plus on the SUV's you bent over that thing and its so high.

 

do that tommorrow, why not Start today?

 

well i got out there in the pouring rain and smacked the starter.. and nothing still.. so i disconnected the battery and cleaned the terminals again and nothing.. so i wiggled a few wires and nothing... so i think it just may be bad.. it looks really new though.. i havent taken all the wires off and crap like that but like i said its raining.. so its still just turn and click ... just once ... so i guess tomorrow is another day..

 

You should check and see if your clutch interlock cable came loose. My car was exhibiting the exact same symptoms two days ago, and it turned out that the wire telling the starter motor if the clutch is depressed had wiggled loose (its the small wire on top of the two big starter power cables, and is attached with a blade connector, so its bound to vibrate loose at some point or another).

 

Have you checked your eart lately Mr Evil?

I hate Jap car starters,their the worst of all

 

Just use a test light and make sure the starter is getting a constant and signal. Big wire constant hot, little wire hot in start.

 

lol my starter died last sat... i got a used one off ebay for 29 shipped, theres one in the parts for sale forum w/ a car being parted out he'll sell for 28 shipped...

good luck w/ yours, mine throws out but doesn't spin... blows, and i was 100ish miles from home when mine died...

 

yeah well everything was clean and connected with the starter.. so i yanked it out anyways.. i will take it up to autozone or advance to have them test it on their bench.,. and if it doesnt work i will just buy a new one.. that way i will know it works.. i was underneith the car with someone in my car trying to start it and i heard the solenoid click... so i am sure its bad..

 

Bring it to an automotive electrical shop, most will rebuild them for you. Then you'll know some 5 yr old in bangcock didn't assemble it on an assembly line.