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...finally just whacked the hell out of it with a hammer and it started right up
Does it click when you turn the key? If the windings are pulling the plunger back, it might just need a file taken to the contacts. I did that to my wife's Dodge (friggin starters for those are spendy), and it's been going on another three years now with no problems.
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Probably a dead spot. That's what mine had. Would start about 4 out of 5 times. Once it didn't though it had to be turned manually. I wasn't about to do that myself.
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it wold click once then stick. I know the terminals have been messed up from sitting so bad with bad batteries. When you try to start a vehicle enough times without enough juice to start it the solinoid gets arc'd up bad. Like I said, I meant to do it last time I was home but it got put off with the AC problems I had
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it wold click once then stick. I know the terminals have been messed up from sitting so bad with bad batteries. When you try to start a vehicle enough times without enough juice to start it the solinoid gets arc'd up bad. Like I said, I meant to do it last time I was home but it got put off with the AC problems I had
You might be able to pull the solenoid apart, clean the plunger and then flip the contacts around so the worn spots face the housing. Use a file to flatten them off and make 'em shiny again.

It cost me $0 to fix the starter in my wife's truck... doing the same thing. The contacts just get worn down and the plunger won't quite make contact sometimes. Or if it does, it arcs and then sticks to one contact or the other. You'll see what I mean if you pull the solenoid apart.
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You soundin' like B. Ron Crider........ yes, I will.... nah, not right now..... well, maybe......if you say yous gonna have a 12 pack and think about it, I's gonna be skeered. LOL.

are you trying to say that I CAN be indecisive?
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You might be able to pull the solenoid apart, clean the plunger and then flip the contacts around so the worn spots face the housing. Use a file to flatten them off and make 'em shiny again.

It cost me $0 to fix the starter in my wife's truck... doing the same thing. The contacts just get worn down and the plunger won't quite make contact sometimes. Or if it does, it arcs and then sticks to one contact or the other. You'll see what I mean if you pull the solenoid apart.
I know, I've done it allot.

just don't know if it's the same type of solinoid. I may just find a starter rebuild shop to go over it.
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are you trying to say that I CAN be indecisive?
LOL..... I'm not saying that about you anymore than I'm willing to say the same thing about myself. I've been having the same arguement in my own head for months now......
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I'm sure those three bills from the hook helped you along in your thought process MIlky
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I'm sure those three bills from the hook helped you along in your thought process MIlky
Yessir.... in no small part either.
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