Starter Woes

[Wayne]

At 02:20 PM 12/6/2004, David Pertuz wrote:
>Just the usual click from the ign. relay and the starter relay, full power
>to everything else, no starting. I guess I'll have to bench-test the
>starter, though I am back to finding an explanation

A lot of times the starters seize up from dried up grease mixed with ground
up clutch and brush grit.  I've had good luck with just disassembling them,
cleaning, and re-greasing with Mobil 1 and powdered graphite.

Also, I saw last week Auto Zone has a listing for replacement starter
brushes for only about $15.

    -Wayne    '93 SE-R / '93 NK2k / '91 NX2k / '90 Miata