Re: IML: mopar starters
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Re: IML: mopar starters
- From: "mike sutton" <mikanlin62@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:02:42 -0700
For all these mopar starter and torque converter issues, and Ill refer to
post 62 cars here , the ring gear is welded to the torque converters. I
have NEVER had a ring gear failure on a Chrysler car, but I wont say that it
never happens. The starters on these cars are gear reduction units and in
all the years and all the different Chrysler products I have owned I have
only had 3 starters fail, and twice from the starter drive failing. Once
was from a burned armature.
Most often, in the case of starter drive failure, the engine will kick back
against the drive while cranking and due to the gear reduction system the
drive will fail internally and will freewheel in both directions. Youll
know this when the starter spins up but the engine wont turn over. The
other failure mode, electrical by nature usually manifests itself by hearing
the starter relay click but the starter motor wont crank. ALWAYS check the
starter relay on the fenderwell before deciding the starter itself has
failed.
If the starter has failed, you most likely cannot get it repaired at a shop
as cheaply as going to a local parts store and buying one outright. The
old Lester numbering system had numbers 3257 and 3258 for Chrysler V-8s.
There shouldnt be much difficulty at all in finding a Chrysler V-8 starter
at all.
As far as the original post went, it was stated that the mechanic suggested
it had a " flat spot " in it...meaning to me it has a burned segment on the
armature. The fact that the trans was rebuilt would indiate that the
converter may or may not have been replaced, it may have been flushed and
bench checked and found to be ok, still...a visual inspection of the ring
gear on the converter at that time would be enough. I would wonder more
about why said mechanic wasnt able to adequately diagnose what had gone
wrong in the starter in the first place than what to search for after the
fact.
My 2 cent gut hunch is still in the starter itself, and the term " flat
spot ". If it did have a bad area on the ring gear, it would be much like
having a bad starter drive and one would hear the starter motor spinning but
the engine would not be turning over.
Good luck
Mikey
62 Crown Coupe
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