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When I turn my ignition key on to start my car I just get a 'click'
sound with no starter. After several tries with the same reason, the
starter finally kicks in to start the car. I've checker the battery and
the alterator and both are fine. This is an intermittent problem that
has come and gone for the last 2 months. Any ideas on what the problem
could be? Is my starter going? It's the original one.

Rick Shaw

"Rick Shaw" <RickShaw@somewhere.org> wrote in message
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> When I turn my ignition key on to start my car I just get a 'click'
> sound with no starter. After several tries with the same reason, the
> starter finally kicks in to start the car. I've checker the battery and
> the alterator and both are fine. This is an intermittent problem that
> has come and gone for the last 2 months. Any ideas on what the problem
> could be? Is my starter going? It's the original one.
>
> Rick Shaw
>
It probably is the starter - that's a common failure mode. You could make
sure that the fat wire to the starter is clean and making good contact by
cleaning both sides (battery and starter).
I am not sure on the 92 but you may want to check it a repair kit exists for
your starter (often sold by the dealer) - you'll be able to repair your
starter at a fraction of the cost of replacing it.

Remco

On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:01:25 -0400, Rick Shaw <RickShaw@somewhere.org>
wrote:

>When I turn my ignition key on to start my car I just get a 'click'
>sound with no starter. After several tries with the same reason, the
>starter finally kicks in to start the car. I've checker the battery and
>the alterator and both are fine. This is an intermittent problem that
>has come and gone for the last 2 months. Any ideas on what the problem
>could be? Is my starter going? It's the original one.
>
>Rick Shaw
If you get a click but no cranking, it is an indication that the
contacts in the starter solenoid are failing. This is a common way for
starters to fail. The contacts can be replaced. I don't know if they
are available from the factory, but you can get them from:

http://www.startercontacts.com/

Replace the motor brushes while you are at it.

Thanks Remco and Natman for the information and helping me pin point the
problem. Guess what I'm going to be doing tomorrow?

Natman wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:01:25 -0400, Rick Shaw <RickShaw@somewhere.org>
> wrote:
>
> >When I turn my ignition key on to start my car I just get a 'click'
> >sound with no starter. After several tries with the same reason, the
> >starter finally kicks in to start the car. I've checker the battery and
> >the alterator and both are fine. This is an intermittent problem that
> >has come and gone for the last 2 months. Any ideas on what the problem
> >could be? Is my starter going? It's the original one.
> >
> >Rick Shaw
> If you get a click but no cranking, it is an indication that the
> contacts in the starter solenoid are failing. This is a common way for
> starters to fail. The contacts can be replaced. I don't know if they
> are available from the factory, but you can get them from:
>
> http://www.startercontacts.com/
>
> Replace the motor brushes while you are at it.