IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
Tech Area => General Auto Tech => Topic started by: SuperSix on July 28 2012, 08:30:11 PM
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First and foremost - I knew this thing was on it's way out, for at least a year and a half. It would spin the motor slow, sometimes stopping, and I would have to turn the key again to get it started.
It decided to die last night in the Outback parking lot. The wife and I get in it after dinner. Turn the key, nothing. No click - nothing. I popped the hood, not really sure what I would do.
I ended up getting the lug wrench from the trunk, and rapped on the solenoid a few times. It started after the 2nd round of rapping. The wife called me a "fscking genius", I basked in it, knowing full well it was nothing more than luck that got the car started.
I ended up having to remove the front exhaust manifold, and score my arms up pretty good swapping in a new one.
Huge PITA to get this thing swapped, not surprisingly, the new starter spins the motor over MUCH faster.
New starter in:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z337/Supersix231/P1000021.jpg)
New alternator (That's another story..)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z337/Supersix231/P1000022.jpg)
Motor:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z337/Supersix231/P1000020.jpg)
Not much left to break....
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surprised you did not go down this morning and trade it in on a new one!
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You need a car with a bit more room under the hood.
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surprised you did not go down this morning and trade it in on a new one!
The thought crossed my mind. :013:
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Just thank your self it was not a northstar motor.
AJ___
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Just thank your self it was not a northstar motor.
AJ___
Good point..