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Yesterday I went to start Midge & drive to work, I turned the key & I heared the starter spinning but not turning the car over... so I shut the garage door & drove the civic to work... not nearly as much fun to drive - Last night I used the pushbutton on the solienoid & noticed that the stub on the starter was spinning, then I turned the motor over via the fan blade & could hear something clicking on the ring gear, then turned it over the other direction & the clicking would go away - decided it was time to pull the starter (that was an enjoyable task... once I took the distributer cap off & removed the coil it came out okay... wouldn't come out from underneath)
Once removed I noticed that the nut on the end of the starter had lost it's cotter pin & back off to holding by about one thread, also the spring was broken... oops I guess this is why it wouldn't engage !
Last year the starter made an awfull sound once & then seemed okay afterwards... I guess this was the start of it's demise, strange, the last time it turned over I didn't notice anything, then the next time I turned it over - nothing ! thankgoodness it was in my garage & not in some parking lot !
So tonight I will drive to my storage shed location & retrive my spare rebuilt starter, then I should be good to go again.
ahhh the joys :smile:
 
I'm always glad when my car is considerate enough to break in the driveway.
 
Spares are always nice to have lying around. :thumbsup:

That way you can get the broken part rebuilt at your leisure
for a "new" spare.
 
"easy to fix"!!! it's a complete arse to get out on a right had drive car.
When mine went I replaced it with a modern high torque one, it's great!! Starts really easy.
 
Ha, pull the engine. jesh.
 
yikes, I never even thought what that job would be like on a right hand drive !
Luckily the job went easier on installation, once you know the path that the starter has to take to get in there.
New starter sounds better, funny how you get used to some of the noises these LBC's make, becomes "normal" :smile:
 
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