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>, Diesel_4WD@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On May 1, 9:18=A0am, "Klompmeester" <whowh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Diesel Damo" <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > > Albm&ctd wrote:
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> > >> As for the starter, have you pulled it apart for inspection?
> >
> > > Nope. But I know what the problem is. Like I told my mechanic (who
> > > didn't listen) it wasn't hooking up to the flywheel. When I turned
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> > > key it went *krkrkrkr*wiiiiizzzzzzzz!*. However it started most of
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> > > time. Now it only goes *wiiiizzzzzz!*
> >
> > > So I'm guessing that it's not hooking up to the flywheel properly.
> > > Maybe next time I ask him for a new starter motor he will give me a
> > > new starter motor rather than cleaning up the electrics/brushes and
> > > then proudly telling me how I didn't need a new starter motor.
> >
> > Or your ring gear is stripped, was it inspected when the starter motor
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> > out?
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> You're probably right. I don't know the exact specifics of what is
> wrong, I can only describe a sound - and it sounds like trying to
> select reverse at 60km/h. That grinding sound when trying to force two
> cogs together.
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> I shouldn't speak ill of my mechanic because 99% of his customers just
> want him to do whatever he can to get them back on the road hopefully
> without costing a cent. Like a MacGuyver mechanic. So when I come
> along and tell him to replace something with a brand new part it
> doesn't really click to him that that's exactly what I want him to do.
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> It was just soul destroying to have finally found the time to leave
> the Hilux with him only to turn up at the end of the day, turn the key
> and hear *krkrkrkrkrkrk* again right in his fikn driveway.
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By your description it's probably the starter drive letting go.. slipping=
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one way clutch.=20
Either that or your ring gear has excessive wear.. nothing personal.=20
Al
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I don't take sides.=20
It's more fun to insult everyone.=20
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