Which shorted out?...starter or solinoid?
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Which shorted out?...starter or solinoid?
1994 Corvette LT-1 automatic coupe 130,000 miles...no mods...new battery 4 weeks old.
The Vette hesitated to start twice yesterday...click then nothing...try again, started right up
This afternoon after her bath she hesitated then started up, I drove her up into the garage shut her off and the starter would not shut off
so I disconnected the battery 
...I thought maybe the problem was in the steering tree...I rapped it a few times with a rubber mallet. 
Reconnected the battery and the stater still wants to run
...short in the starter I'm thinking
What are your educated thoughts?
Larry
PS: how hard is it to replace a stater on an LT-1?
The Vette hesitated to start twice yesterday...click then nothing...try again, started right up
This afternoon after her bath she hesitated then started up, I drove her up into the garage shut her off and the starter would not shut off
so I disconnected the battery ...I thought maybe the problem was in the steering tree...I rapped it a few times with a rubber mallet. Reconnected the battery and the stater still wants to run
...short in the starter I'm thinking What are your educated thoughts?
Larry
PS: how hard is it to replace a stater on an LT-1?
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starter.
the soliniod is part of these things.
they are easy to replace. Just remove it, remove the block and take it to a shop for a reman.
I got one from Advance Auto, 3 years ago, no problems.
the soliniod is part of these things.
they are easy to replace. Just remove it, remove the block and take it to a shop for a reman.
I got one from Advance Auto, 3 years ago, no problems.
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I wouldn't trust an autozone / advance starter as far as I could throw it. Every one I've ever seen has been DOA or has quit within a week.
There is a place here called Southern Kentucky Rebuilders. Their entire business is to rebuild starters and alternators. They do a fantastic job, are very reasonably priced and in 99% of the cases will have it back to you the very next day.
This is a little shop on a street you'd never find unless you knew it was there. I've found little places like this do the best work. There might be such places in your area, I would highly suggest you do some reasearch and try to find them.
There is a place here called Southern Kentucky Rebuilders. Their entire business is to rebuild starters and alternators. They do a fantastic job, are very reasonably priced and in 99% of the cases will have it back to you the very next day.
This is a little shop on a street you'd never find unless you knew it was there. I've found little places like this do the best work. There might be such places in your area, I would highly suggest you do some reasearch and try to find them.
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Originally Posted by Nathan Plemons
I wouldn't trust an autozone / advance starter as far as I could throw it. Every one I've ever seen has been DOA or has quit within a week.
There is a place here called Southern Kentucky Rebuilders. Their entire business is to rebuild starters and alternators. They do a fantastic job, are very reasonably priced and in 99% of the cases will have it back to you the very next day.
This is a little shop on a street you'd never find unless you knew it was there. I've found little places like this do the best work. There might be such places in your area, I would highly suggest you do some reasearch and try to find them.
There is a place here called Southern Kentucky Rebuilders. Their entire business is to rebuild starters and alternators. They do a fantastic job, are very reasonably priced and in 99% of the cases will have it back to you the very next day.
This is a little shop on a street you'd never find unless you knew it was there. I've found little places like this do the best work. There might be such places in your area, I would highly suggest you do some reasearch and try to find them.
I'm not in KY
...and I need it NOW...so Autozone it will be.
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I used Advance...
These starters are basically reliable... and the limited amt of use they get, with the lifetime warrantee...
Its not like alternators! The next time my reman quits, I am buying a new GM!
These starters are basically reliable... and the limited amt of use they get, with the lifetime warrantee...
Its not like alternators! The next time my reman quits, I am buying a new GM!
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Originally Posted by 69mako
I'm not in KY ...and I need it NOW...so Autozone it will be.
...and I need it NOW...so Autozone it will be.Best of luck to you.
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Here's what happened. The starter solenoid has some large contacts that ,"make", at the end of the start solenoid stroke to turn on the starter motor. Each crank causes pitting and makes these contacts thinner. At the end of the contact life, they are so thin that the starter motor current causes the thin contacts to weld together and the starter motor will not turn off.
The last parts store rebuilt starter I bought lasted 30 days. They got it back and I bought a Delco!
The last parts store rebuilt starter I bought lasted 30 days. They got it back and I bought a Delco!
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Originally Posted by Nathan Plemons
I wouldn't trust an autozone / advance starter as far as I could throw it. Every one I've ever seen has been DOA or has quit within a week.:
the one on my vette, also from autozone, has only been on for about 2 months or so, so I can't speak for that one's durability yet
