Starter Motor

[2.8 d/cab SFA]

i have to do starter motor again, I had it repaired then year later replaced it with a brand new one and the one year garentee expired last year. Now it doing the same thing again. Is there any service or maintanance you can do to give it a longer life?

[CasKru]

i have to do starter motor again, I had it repaired then year later replaced it with a brand new one and the one year garentee expired last year. Now it doing the same thing again. Is there any service or maintanance you can do to give it a longer life?

What's the symptoms...

[2.8 d/cab SFA]

turn key just click, then in beginning if you bump it in gear then will start. Eventually that stop working also

[SWARTLUX]

turn key just click, then in beginning if you bump it in gear then will start. Eventually that stop working also

Sure its not your battery?Sound to me like the signs of a flat battery.

[CasKru]

turn key just click, then in beginning if you bump it in gear then will start. Eventually that stop working also

Mine did the same. First though it was a dirty starter but after cleaning it did the same.

Then I searched for the starter relay but it seems mine doesn't have one but if yours do there is a mod you can do to it to sort out the problem

Alternatively (what I did) is just add a relay where you used the lead to the starter to power a relay which supplies direct power from the battery to the starter. Worked like as charm for me

[The Legend]

Could be also the solinoid.

[pietpetoors]

My dad's Nissan bakkie did the same (inherited from grandfather, only way it got into the family)
I cleaned the poles on the battery and the clamps and problem disappeared.

[The Legend]

Could also be an earth problem.Check all your earh cables to chassis and engine.

[2.8 d/cab SFA]

Thanks I have check all the earths, battery is not old replaced after starter last time, diesal battery

[Blaps]

What i did...... I took my stater out nineteen times over a period of two weeks, stripped it completely and cleaned it and checked the commutator on the armature, checked the brushes.... that were all good. I tested the solenoid and it was good. Checked the bendix and it was good. Put it together but still the same problem. I bought a new solenoid and bendix and replaced that but still the same problem. I tested all the windings, checked all the electrical connection points but the problem was still there. Eventually i took my jumper cables and Earthed the stater directly from the battery and it started every time. I then checked the earth wire to the engin and found that it got burned by the manifold I replaced and re-routed it and connect it to a different place on the engin and since then starts every time

[CasKru]

Must be what's wrong with mine as well. When I took it out and tested it on the test bench it worked like a charm but as soon as I fit it to the bakkie the problem started.