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Originally Posted by Z51JEFF
Paul,in one sentence you're telling me basically I'm wasting money replacing the starter and in the next you're telling me the starter is also troublesome,both of the no start issues I would like to address.Now here's where this thing gets completely bizarre. I've had this car for 8 years,I've put about 16,000 miles on the car in that time. Out of the 6 times the car wouldn't start 5 of those times the car was parked in the same spot at my parents house. Maybe I should park it across the street next I'm over there.
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Well, I should clarify my statement a bit: A better way of putting it is to say that around (in my case and some others) the high-current contacts in the solenoid start failing around 40k miles (±). So, between the clutch switch and those contacts, they seem to crop up most often (but again around or after 40k miles...±)
But, hey! If you have a starter on hand (which you didn't initially mention), then go for it and refurbish the other so it will be on hand "if ever". Otherwise, the failure rates (observed) of the starter don't justify spending a couple hundred $$ or more when the known weak link is a $15 item...IMO.
As for the switch, others might not agree, but IMO the clutch switch by-pass is a no-brainer; an unnecessary precaution that should be moot to anybody that passed driver's ed...JMO, tho.
Sorry for the confusion.
