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Hi 'liner's, been a while, hows it all...............er.....anyways! (Guess that means my line is going ace!)

After doing a little searching/reading of our wonderful forumns, I have determined that it is my starter motor making some wonderful, pre-historic bird type noises, after successful ignition (screeching noise lasts for upto 1-2 seconds after she starts).

At first, I thought it was fan belts, now I believe it's the starter(?). (tightened belts, lubricated them just to check, cleaned up afterwoulds).....noise still exactly the same.

So, 3 questions/queries........

A) Would u concur with my comments thus far, that it looks like the starter may not be 'recoiling' back?

B) I imagine, by looking at this part of the car, that removal of the starter would best be done from under the car(?).....Would u agree? (1995 series 1.5 R33 GTS-t)

C) I plan on removing the starter and cleaning it majorly (strip it as best I can) and lube it. (Worth doing?....any problems foreseen by you people?).

Hey Guys....thankyou in anticipation.

Maybe someone knows the price of install/part too......justin'

Up the 'irons!!

Mark, Superspit.

DON'T BOTHER, NOW TAKING TO MECHANIC!!!!!!

Edited by superspit
Its because the gear in the starter motor is not being pulled back after you release the ignition key. Probably needs a fresh grease - if not buy a re-co starter motor.

ta MR33....yeah, that's the same tact I'm taking....so far. What do you reckon guys?

yup my 33 just started doing that... Exactly the same noise as you are describing.. im planning on removing mine and giving it a nice grease up

there you go!....thanx man.

Do you know what ur up for.....work wise? Will u be going in from down under, or from above.

Any info u know about actual removal would be further appreciated!

Mark.

hmmm i havent looked into it too much as i dont drive the car anymore... im just getting it ready for sale... however i had a quick look the other day.. starter motors only usually have 2 bolts holding them in.. bit tricky coz its on the side of the bell housing .. running next to the gearbox

im fairly sure only way to do it is from below!

i'll give it a crack and let you know how i go

shouldnt be too hard.. i replaced the starter motor on my old rwd 626 lol

-Ruffels

dude my car done exactly the same, all i did was take out the started motor and found that the gear on the shaft was not lubricated and had minimal play. all i did was put some grease on the shaft, hooked it up to a battery let it go off a few times and WALLAH.....

dude my car done exactly the same, all i did was take out the started motor and found that the gear on the shaft was not lubricated and had minimal play. all i did was put some grease on the shaft, hooked it up to a battery let it go off a few times and WALLAH.....

Dooooooooode! This sounds very 'heartening'.....I'm giving it a bash over this weekend.

Got my chassis stands and 13-14 mm socket/spanner etc.....can't wait to see if mine fixes like yours!!

Thanx Dooooooooooode. :(

Mark.

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any idea on which parts of the starter do you lube up?

and how much grease you should apply?

im assuming its that big copper thing that pops out?

or the magnet things inside the motor?

im seriously clueless into what needs to be lubricated?

can anyone give me advice

Had the same noise, starter gear was stuck in "mesh"...

Had the whole thing reconditioned and now works perfectly... total cost was around $250..

not sure if i got ripped off but that how much i payed for it...

Edited by jakegts
BUMP! SORRY!

DON'T BOTHER, NOW TAKING TO MECHANIC!!!!!!

$115.50 ..............fantastic,,,,,,,,,,,,couldn't do it cheaper myself, and not get frustrated and break something else!

My honest mechanic Pulled unit out, cleaned out 11 years of crap, lubricated all moving parts, bench tested, re-installed.

That's it! Like new now.

Unless you're tooled up..(and I thought I was)............don't bother doing this yourself!!

Good that you got it fixed and cheaply too.

I managed to remove a starter motor from a FWD pulsar, the starter motor is under the inlet manifold, and to get to it, all the inlet piping before the throttle butterful had to be removed to get to the botls. Then the car had to be jacked up and remove starter motor from underneath. I found it too be the bushes had worn right out and were scraping on the commutator, so it was still starting with lots of screeching. The bushes on the starter motor usally last around 90k - 100k Kms.

I would think that starter motor from a RWD car would be much easier to remove being on the side of the bellhousing in the trans tunnel.

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