is it the starter motor???????

[whythef@#!not]

gday fellas

started the car with the KEY this morning and headed out to glasshouse, car slowly got harder and harder to start til nothing and ended up jumpin it home.

checked the battery and is fine and dont think its the starter solenoid as it was tryin to start but just dyin more and more in the arse every time.

now from the day i bought it til now have had no dramas at all with it starting, then yesterday i sprayed a bit of belt grip onto the belts as a quick fix for today as they were slippn a bit, reckon this has put the extra pressure onto the starter motor and f@#!# it, or could it be something else, as temperature gauge was also all over the place today and have been losing a bit of cooolant recently.

cheers for the help guys as im no mechanic

[dansedgli]

try tapping the solenoid on top of the starter motor with a jack handle or similar while turning the key. If it starts better then its likely on its way out.

[whythef@#!not]

try tapping the solenoid on top of the starter motor with a jack handle or similar while turning the key. If it starts better then its likely on its way out.

yer tried that and nothing, dont think its the solenoid (correct me if im wrong) but thought if it was the solenoid when you turn the key it would click and keep doin this till eventually it would try and start, whereas today it would try and start everytime but took longer and longer everytime and made some different noises until eventually not a thing no click nothing yet still plenty of power to the car

[MyGQ]

Does it sound like the battery is going flat when you are trying to start it?

also feel the negative terminal after its tried cranking for a bit see if its hot

My TD42 has a problem where it was hard starting, sounded like a flat battery, would take 2 batteries to make it start. Turns out the inside of the starter was rusted to buggery and needed a new one as it was beyond a rebuild at that stage.

[whythef@#!not]

Does it sound like the battery is going flat when you are trying to start it?

also feel the negative terminal after its tried cranking for a bit see if its hot

My TD42 has a problem where it was hard starting, sounded like a flat battery, would take 2 batteries to make it start. Turns out the inside of the starter was rusted to buggery and needed a new one as it was beyond a rebuild at that stage.

yer it did sound like the battery was flat, and then would come good. ok so ill start off with a new starter and fingers crossed.

[ausoops]

battery could have a rooted cell, will give 12volts under no load but when you try to start the cell collapses and you get nothing.

[bogged]

as said could be dud battery, or dud terminal on the battery lead on earth...

[ssfabricator]

i went through this last week it sounded like the battery was flat winding over very slowly it was bearings in the starter motor cost 40 bucks for bearings through work also done brushes while i had it apart when i put it back together silicon all joins as mine was full of dry mud

[whythef@#!not]

thanks for the input guys turned out the starter motor was full of dirt and f@#!% the bearins and brushes etc,etc. so has been fully rebuilt for $200.
cheers all