![]() 10/22/2017 at 12:21 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I like when things are definitive. Especially definitively broken...there’s nothing worse than an intermittent problem. So I was relieved when, after my new-to-me Tahoe stranded me in a parking lot yesterday, I pulled the starter to find this:
Now when I pulled it, that ground strap was intact albeit corroded. I thought ‘that might be it’, touched it, and it just fell apart. I suppose I’m impressed it’s been working at all the last two weeks.
Anyway, $125 and an hour and a half later I’ve got a remanufactured starter in there and all is well.
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That is an incredibly rusty starter. Even the Lada’s 20-year-old original wasn’t that bad.
I also appreciate it when problems are obvious. In the case of the Niva’s starting problem a few years ago, the solenoid had cracked the casing and spewed out the coils. It’s nice to be able to look in and instantly go “well there’s your problem”.
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Yes, incredibly.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 13:35 |
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It is awesome when the obvious answer is obvious.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 13:55 |
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“When you hear hooves, look for horses, not zebras” is one of my favorite sayings, so it was good that for once the obvious answer was actually the correct one.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 13:57 |
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It really is, it’s likely original and the truck is 13 years old. Advanced rust level for its age, but the rest of the truck is very clean. Even underneath when I was doing the starter I was impressed by how clean the underside is. The starter is literally the rustiest thing on it...or was, anyway.
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Oh, that’s a good one. I’ll have to remember that.