JoelP
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 08:47 PM |
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Jeep starting problem
Hello all, just hoping someone can suggets what might be wrong with my jeep. Basically it just wont turn over occationally, seemingly at random. Less
that one in forty times, but thats enough to leave the wife well stuck.
When it wont start, you get the loud clunk of the solenoid, but nothing else happens. I would suspect that it was a contact missing on the starter
motor, but if that was the case, once it lined up with the bad contact surely it would then never start at all? Whereas, if you roll it back and forth
in gear, or bump it, its fine for a few more weeks.
Which makes me think it might be a dodgy tooth on the flywheel. Is that at all plausible?
Battery is fine, i've just started it 40 times on the drive no probs - just when i was about to remove the starter!
There is surely nothing more annoying that intermittant faults. 
Any ideas?
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DRC INDY 7
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 08:50 PM |
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which jeep is
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 08:54 PM |
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Starter solenoid sticking.
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jacko
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 08:58 PM |
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Starter sticking tooth on flywheel / starter solenoid sticking on starter
Thats my guess
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PSpirine
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 08:58 PM |
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Or a sticky starter motor.
Try the "bang it with a stick" method when it won't start - just knock the starter a bit whilst cranking. if it makes a difference,
it's likely to be the starter motor sticking - refurb or replace.
Had this on my old mini. Just had a mallet mounted on straps on one of the inner wings in the engine bay - got it going every time without fail 
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JoelP
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 09:04 PM |
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So next time it wont start, i need to carefully turn the crank nut, that will tell me if its a flywheel tooth of the starter/solenoid. Or indeed, just
bang it and see
Cheers!
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tonym
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 09:39 PM |
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If it was a tooth on the starter ring the starter would engage and spin. It would make a terrible noise in the process. If it were me I would be
looking for a dead segment on the commutator or a dodgy solenoid. Replace or recon the motor.
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thunderace
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 09:39 PM |
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next time it happens stick it in 5 and rock it to see if it is the starter
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Dusty
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 09:49 PM |
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Just buy and fit a new starter. It's obviously leads,connections,terminals,solenoid,starter brushes,comutator,windings,blah. Do the sums. One
episode of wife stood by the roadside = potential cost(might be her life). One recon starter = £50. No brainer.
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JoelP
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 09:50 PM |
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on a similar theme, ive never before seen a vehicle so hard to bump start! My van, you could do it in a few feet on a gentle slope. This needs someone
pushing hard... again, not the wife! esp at 22 weeks pregnant
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/1/11 at 11:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
on a similar theme, ive never before seen a vehicle so hard to bump start! My van, you could do it in a few feet on a gentle slope. This needs someone
pushing hard... again, not the wife! esp at 22 weeks pregnant
Give it few more weeks she'll have a bit more weight behind her.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/1/11 at 08:12 AM |
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i dont think she would see the funny side of that!
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