New starter motor required me thinks.........

[jonesalan]

• I bought the wee beastie now formally known Zedebee with what the previous owner said was a sticking starter, which is fine BUT here's the strange bit..............it only plays up when the car has been running/properly warmed up
• First thing in the morning it starts 1st turn of the key, once warmed up if we have to stop the engine, it kinda tries to engage and just makes a sort of "click", other times it's as if the starter is trying to engage but keeps throwing back out. My gut instinct is a duff solenoid/starter or worse case scenario....the ring gear.
• Soooooo what ya all reckon and if anybody has changed one, how much of a job is it??? I can see the two top bolts and I'm thinking there has to be a 3rd lurking in the depths of the engine bay

 

[zedonist]

Bringing back the days of Ford ownership to me, car would always start from cold, quick run down to the shops and click, click, click. Change the starter motor is the answer:

http://adkusters.hobby-site.com/TIS...M52,_manual_transmissions_from_9-95,_S52).pdf

http://adkusters.hobby-site.com/TIS...oving_and_replacing_starter_(M42_M43_M44).pdf

http://adkusters.hobby-site.com/TIS documents PDF/12/41/AZD_12_41_Starter_and_Mounting_Parts.pdf

 

[jonesalan]

Bringing back the days of Ford ownership to me, car would always start from cold, quick run down to the shops and click, click, click. Change the starter motor is the answer:

http://adkusters.hobby-site.com/TIS documents PDF/12/41/RA_12_41_020_Removing_and_replacing_starter_(M52,_manual_transmissions_from_9-95,_S52).pdf

http://adkusters.hobby-site.com/TIS documents PDF/12/41/RA_12_41_020_Removing_and_replacing_starter_(M42_M43_M44).pdf

http://adkusters.hobby-site.com/TIS documents PDF/12/41/AZD_12_41_Starter_and_Mounting_Parts.pdf

thank you kind person

 

[zedonist]

No worries, what the Forum is for..................

 

[jonesalan]

Starter motor fitted last night , not a bad job at all. I bought it on eeeeeeekBay for £65 delivered free to the door . Hope it's OK for me to post a link to their shop as it may be useful to us all in the future.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Victoria-autoparts?_rdc=1

 

[Macca]

Starter motor fitted last night , not a bad job at all. I bought it on eeeeeeekBay for £65 delivered free to the door . Hope it's OK for me to post a link to their shop as it may be useful to us all in the future.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Victoria-autoparts?_rdc=1

But did it cure the problem?

 

[jonesalan]

But did it cure the problem?

Good call, yes it did.