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Dying Starter Motor
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:46 pm
by Supplanter
It is on it's way out. Is there anything I can do to prolong it's life a bit while waiting for a replacement?
Re: Dying Starter Motor
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:03 pm
by mxysxy
Supplanter wrote:It is on it's way out. Is there anything I can do to prolong it's life a bit while waiting for a replacement?
Hit is with a hammer
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:31 pm
by FTO338
James you might think Max is joking, but thats what i did with a Camary and a Landcruiser. So it sort of work for a mth or two.
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:43 pm
by Supplanter
Yeah, I know that trick, thought it only worked with alternators though
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:46 pm
by Bennoz
Nah thats the fix for starters. Also keep in mind a Galant starter innards will fit into an FTO starter casing. Looking at $200 as opposed to $500....
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:15 am
by Supplanter
What would be the benefit of using Galant internals? A reco'd FTO one is going to cost me $145AUD delivered.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:22 am
by Bennoz
Galant internals are the same as FTO ones, its only the outer casing that differs... and thats only if you wanted new. Its that typical scenario when you go to Mitsi for parts & the import one will cost 3 times that of the equivalent part that was sold in a car normally here.
But $145 reco... cant beat that price
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:13 am
by khunjeng
Supplanter wrote:What would be the benefit of using Galant internals? A reco'd FTO one is going to cost me $145AUD delivered.
$145 is cheap mate. I would just go for that. Where is that from? vic?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:13 am
by Supplanter
So I could go to Chadstone Mitsubish and get a brand new Galant S.M. for $200 and chuck the bits in my current failing S.M.? Or would I need to get an auto lec to do it for me?
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:17 pm
by Supplanter
Bennoz (I think) wrote: 2 bolts and it drops right out
Well, FTO: 1 Supp: 0
Undid the 2 bolts (that top one is a bitch, especially when it is covered in oil) and it didn't drop. Tried to wriggle it with my hands, nothing. Bashed it as hard as I could with the trolley jack's handle, nothing
Am I mising something? Did I undo the wrong bolts?
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:39 pm
by Bennoz
You give the ignition a flick & see if it jars it free?
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:41 pm
by Supplanter
FTO: 2 Supp: 0
Wrong bolt
Right bolt this time, but now the starter motor hits the bottom of the down pipe
Time to call in the expert (Lee)
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:17 am
by Supplanter
Hmmm, 2 years later and my starter is going again
Would it be worth getting an the old one reconditioned or just grab a Galant one and swap the parts over?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:35 pm
by Supplanter
*cough*
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:00 pm
by I8A4RE
Mate i would look at just buying a second hand one. You wo\uld get it cheaper than a recond one and could possibly never have any more trouble. Mine is still the original one and mine is a 94
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:42 pm
by Supplanter
I bought a 2nd hand one 2 years ago... That's why I would prefer new this time.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:51 pm
by I8A4RE
Oh i thought you got it recond last time!
Well just pay the $145 and get it recond then
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:36 pm
by billyzFTO
sorry to bring up this old topic, but do you know where i can get recond starter motors from?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:10 pm
by pete_gpx
I had an auto electrician friend help me out when mine died abot 3 weeks ago. He used second hand parts from a VY (from memory) Commodore and made a hybrid Commodore-FTO starter motor by using the armiture and bushes from the donor unit. Works absoutely brilliantly and I can say that the FTO now starts twice as easily as it did before.
He also suggested that a late model Magna starter motor would have been useful as a donor unit.