@ai6yr One time I had a bad starter motor & barely got the car to start, so I drove it to Kragen's and removed the starter motor in their parking lot. Got a rebuilt. Installed it. Spun the wrong way. Took it out. Got another. Installed it. Spun the wrong way. Took it out. Stood with the clerk testing starter motors. Bad batch from rebuilders. Had one good one. Installed it. Worked fine. Finally stopped cursing.
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Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 10:34:40 JST Steve's Place -
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mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 10:34:40 JST mark @steter @ai6yr I was expecting this to end with a broken bolt or cracked block.
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AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 10:34:41 JST AI6YR Ben Good things:
1. In my driveway, not in the middle of a field of bees
2. Not at the top of a mountain
3. 90's Toyota, definitely fixable. It's either a loose or broken wire or a bad starter.
4. Not fire weather.
5. I work from home... no place to go I can't get to on bicycle. -
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AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 10:34:41 JST AI6YR Ben * I did, in fact, need a new starter. It's only 25 years old!! Letting the mechanic also figure out which bearing or pulley is squealing. ps. replacing a starter is only two electrical connections and two screws, plus (likely) replaced plastic clips for the electrical in the vicinity... plus a bunch of scraped knuckles. I did not have time to do it myself, so am paying the (trusted) mechanic.
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AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 10:34:42 JST AI6YR Ben Yay! Finally, the vehicle won't start at all... rather than being intermittent. New starter or cables needed, likely. Has been spotty for months, but neither I nor my mechanic had been able to diagnose it since it was so intermittent. Intermittent car problems are worse than car problems. #carrepair
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