Clicking popping starter

[1979Jimmy]

Ok so a few days ago my stater started popping and clicking when it was trying to turn over. It would crank the engine but it would make some funny sounds. A day later i started it again it started making alittle noise but not as much i turned it off and turned it on again trying to figure out the noise. I gave up and let it sit for awhile. I come back to find out it wont crank at all now nothing. I gave it a whack wit the hammer and it started right up. I drove it to and from a place about an hour away no problem. However the next morning it just wouldnt crank at all, nothing. All this sounds like a bad solenoid to me. What do you guys think?

 

[Rebel88]

sounds like you need a new starter to me... /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

Later

 

[Rob 85K5]

Your hammer method probably killed it for sure. Make sure you take it with you to the parts store to compare to the new one.

 

[Pure Insanity]

I had a similar problem when I pulled PI out of storage a few months ago. But I also had a constant jingling sound that made me think I had a broken flywheel. (which is why I parked it to begin w/.) Turned out my starter gear was not fully pulling back in.

Time for a new starter. Tapping it w/ the hammer wont last too long. Sooner or later it will puke out totally.

 

[1979Jimmy]

Yeah i think that is what happened. Its a goner. The only reason i tapped it with a hammer was because a few people told me that was a way to get it to catch without using the ol failthful screwdriver method.

 

[Pure Insanity]

Problem is the bendix is sticking. Banging it breaks it loose. Even the screwdriver wont work in this case, the power is getting there, its just stuck.

 

[1979Jimmy]

hmmm no good man