Recent content by ueww40

I am sorry guys. I didn't mean to sound flippant. I appreciate any and all advise but my problem had already been isolated and I already eliminated all the possible causes you mentioned as was pointed out in posts #11 and #12. The starter has been working like a charm after the spacer was installed.

None of the problems mentioned above by Gord Baker or bentrim apply to this case. Testing showed that there was nothing wrong with the starter or anything else, except for one thing. My starter had a delay before the spinning started and so did the replacement unit, indicating that this was by...

Yes Sir!

Update! I received a new starter and to my disappointment it does exactly what the old one does. So that means that the starters are working as designed. If 2 starters of the same model and brand doing the same thing it is probably by design. The starters are not OEM but in no way can be called...

sgkent, I think that you are probably the closest to the problem. The starter gear is not spinning when it hits the flywheel but will once the gear moves further up and engages the flywheel. Auto Doc, the original starter was replaced because it was frozen, the replacement was identical to the...

All of the above I checked and is good. Gear can't be upside down and tooth count is correct, battery is strong and fully charged and all the connections are clean and solid. Correct me if I am wrong but I think that the solenoid as it pushes up the gear towards the flywheel starts turning the...