Would anyone like to rebuild my original OEM starter?, Post here and name your price please! Options

[DomGT]

Title says it all, all I have is my original starter, cleaned up. I'd like to have it reinstalled by this winter. Thanks for looking.

[alltracman78]

What is wrong with it?
Is it the coils?
Brushes?
Contacts?
What do you want replaced?

This post has been edited by alltracman78: Aug 14, 2006 - 8:55 PM

[DomGT]

What is wrong with it?
Is it the coils?
Brushes?
Contacts?
What do you want replaced?

You seem like the guy I am looking for. I have no idea what's wrong with it. Maybe you could diagnose it for me? All I know that it was locked up (seized) bad enough that my car would not start even while tapping the housing.

I would like a complete rebuild so I never have to worry about it again.

As a quick fix, I bought an untouched oem starter from eBay for $50 shipped, and now that one is giving me problems.

[lagos]

you know, you can get a brand new rebuilt started from just about any parts place for 100bucks with a warrenty, right?

[DomGT]

I figured they were all non-oem, and I like oem parts. What's in your car?

[lagos]

im still on my oem starter.... but oem or not, really dosnt matter that much for that type of stuff. they take the oem ones and just replace the parts that burned out and make them good as new.

i have a spare 3sgte starter, but i doubt that it would work for you.

[DomGT]

Thanks very much for the advice. I'm getting a nice tuneup in 3,000 miles, I'll find a $100 starter like the one you mentioned and have it installed then.

[azian_advanced]

my starter was literally ripped open when i first bought my wrecked car.
since 6gc's are so rare in my city, i used a 2000 solara starter instead. they share the same connectors but the connectors were lower on the solara.
got it for $60 from a wrecker yard. never had any problems starting in -40 degree weather.

[Bitter]

a camry starter would also work

[alltracman78]

I don't know if I will be able to do it right now [time is VERY constrained], but if I do, all I'll need is $$ for parts and shipping.
MAYBE what we will do is you ship it out to me and I'll take a look at it, and we can go from there. I need to think about it, only because I'm leary of taking on any commitments, no matter how small, at this time.
If I can't fix it, and you want it back, I will of course need the $$ to ship it back.
Manny [Presure2], Jeff [97 ST w/RC swap], and Dustin [blue 97? GT] all know me pretty good.
I'm also a mod over on www.celicatech.com if you want any references beforehand.

Personally, I wouldn't touch an aftermarket starter. Lifetime warrenty or not.
I have an Autocrap starter on my truck [Toyota]. With a lifetime warrenty.
I've already replaced it 2x in a year and a half, and it's giving me problems again.....

You are smart in sticking with OEM stuff.

[DomGT]

I don't know if I will be able to do it right now [time is VERY constrained], but if I do, all I'll need is $$ for parts and shipping.
MAYBE what we will do is you ship it out to me and I'll take a look at it, and we can go from there. I need to think about it, only because I'm leary of taking on any commitments, no matter how small, at this time.
If I can't fix it, and you want it back, I will of course need the $$ to ship it back.
Manny [Presure2], Jeff [97 ST w/RC swap], and Dustin [blue 97? GT] all know me pretty good.
I'm also a mod over on www.celicatech.com if you want any references beforehand.

Personally, I wouldn't touch an aftermarket starter. Lifetime warrenty or not.
I have an Autocrap starter on my truck [Toyota]. With a lifetime warrenty.
I've already replaced it 2x in a year and a half, and it's giving me problems again.....

You are smart in sticking with OEM stuff.

PM me your address my friend. My starter will be on the way soon, take your time for now. I give the starter in my car now 6 months before it seizes.

[zipstrips]

at the dealership the just change the contacts.

[alltracman78]

I havn't forgotten about you man, I've been working on a friends Ranger and another buddies MB.
Life never slows down.....

at the dealership the just change the contacts.

Oh really?
And what if it's the armature that's bad?
Or a bearing?
Or the brushes?

They almost NEVER rebuilt AT the dealers anyways. I have never seen it done at all, but I havn't been to every dealer in the states, so I can't say.
They just replace the whole thing and send the old back as a core.

[zipstrips]

I havn't forgotten about you man, I've been working on a friends Ranger and another buddies MB.
Life never slows down.....

at the dealership the just change the contacts.

Oh really?
And what if it's the armature that's bad?
Or a bearing?
Or the brushes?

They almost NEVER rebuilt AT the dealers anyways. I have never seen it done at all, but I havn't been to every dealer in the states, so I can't say.
They just replace the whole thing and send the old back as a core.

id get a reman as well, but i know for a fact at my local dealer they change the contacts and 99.9% of the time there like new than, i have a 5th gen oem started that died, changed the contact bushings, good as new.

[DomGT]

You guys know the part # for contacts? Worth a shot IMO. The starter gear does not seem seized, it still moves freely in one direction.

[alltracman78]

id get a reman as well, but i know for a fact at my local dealer they change the contacts and 99.9% of the time there like new than, i have a 5th gen oem started that died, changed the contact bushings, good as new.

Your dealer might still do rebuilds, I havn't been there.
I wasn't saying they DON'T change the contacts, but that is not all they do in a complete rebuild.
Now if just your contacts were bad [which is the case the majority of the time], they very well might have just replaced them.
However, that is NOT a rebuilt starter. It is a starter with the contacts replaced.

[zipstrips]

id get a reman as well, but i know for a fact at my local dealer they change the contacts and 99.9% of the time there like new than, i have a 5th gen oem started that died, changed the contact bushings, good as new.

Your dealer might still do rebuilds, I havn't been there.
I wasn't saying they DON'T change the contacts, but that is not all they do in a complete rebuild.
Now if just your contacts were bad [which is the case the majority of the time], they very well might have just replaced them.
However, that is NOT a rebuilt starter. It is a starter with the contacts replaced.

your right, im just mentioning that with our starters, this is the most popular problem that causes them to stop working. its deff not a complete rebuild, but a band aid to the problem for a few more years.