Starters Annoy Me.
03-21-2004, 05:42 PM
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When I did my SE swap back a few years ago I ran a SE starter seeing as the 12a one was shot anyways last year I thought it died because all it would do is click and not turn the motor over so I bought a new one.Now its doing the same stupid clicking noise.I change the 2 power wires and it did squat so I think my problem is the stock ground wire(same thing happened to my friends 2001 ram diesel).Where should I run the ground from?The chassis or the battery?I plan on running some 1 or 2 guage wire for it in the morning.
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03-21-2004, 07:09 PM
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From memory, stock ground is to the battery.
Though I have heard (from the car stereo game), that grounds should always go the car body and never to the battery. Just make sure you have a nice fat wire coming from the neg terminal to the car body.
Ahh, too much conflicting information in my head!
Though I have heard (from the car stereo game), that grounds should always go the car body and never to the battery. Just make sure you have a nice fat wire coming from the neg terminal to the car body.
Ahh, too much conflicting information in my head!
03-21-2004, 08:16 PM
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Ground it to the chassis, I had the same problem. I put in a brand new starter and it did that when I first hooked it up. I bought brand new battery cables and still nothing, but when I grounded it to the chassis, it worked like a charm.
03-21-2004, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryXSevn' date='Mar 21 2004, 07:46 PM
MAN I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM! erright....so i just ground the negitive cable from the battery to the chassis?
03-24-2004, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Red12aRx7' date='Mar 23 2004, 05:42 PM
If that doesn't work you can fix your starter. All you have to do is take it apart and clean the brushes. I have done this to mine once, works like a charm and starts just like new.
03-25-2004, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Red12aRx7' date='Mar 24 2004, 09:42 AM
If that doesn't work you can fix your starter. All you have to do is take it apart and clean the brushes. I have done this to mine once, works like a charm and starts just like new.
Once the internals wear down, its better to just replace than keep trying to drag more life with cleaning.
03-26-2004, 11:08 PM
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Yea, I was just too cheap to get one at the time.. I was playing high school basketball and didn't work.. But cleaning it has lasted for over a year.. so it worked just fine for me. But I do need a new one.