The dreaded No Start

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

Yeah David but I know how this no start stuff goes. It works fine for a week and then leaves you hanging at the worst possible time. Like when you take your wife to dinner in it and it won't start when your ready to leave. Just replace the whole starter with the new solenoid already on it and your good to go.

So, 10 minutes before you posted this I had to convince my wife that it would not leave us stranded if we took it to dinner. We're sitting at a red light, my phone goes off and it's this post by you. I start laughing, she grabs my phone and I again had to convince her it would be fine.

And it was...this time.

[Paul Workman]

The most common starter problem are worn contacts, indicated when the starter "clicks", but will not turn. Plunger/contact repair kits for the Denso starters are all over ebay, for $25-$35 for the kit, or between $7-$10 for the contact posts.

Purchase info:

The Denso (Nippondenso) (OSGR series) starter, (Corvette ZR-1 app)

Manufacture part number = 128000-543
Amp/kW = 1.4
Nippondenso part # 17129

That said, you'll still want to compare the length of the plunger/pin to the old one, as there are several lengths, and you don't want to use the wrong one.

Getting the wrong plunger happened to me in spite of having the correct numbers (beware ebay), but I was able to use the new contact posts, and was able to re-surface the copper contact ring on the plunger - removing the carbon tracing and pits. That was at 39k miles, and that was 20k miles ago - still working fine.


C-Link (I've never bought anything from them, but here's a place to start?)


P.

PS. Scottfab...if you're reading this, it occurs to me that a simple delay circuit might solve the contact erosion issue. If the solenoid were activated first before the batt was applied to the solenoid contacts, it would reduce the arching. (Sort of like your recommendation of closing the clutch interlock switch before turning the key...You heard it here first!)

[XfireZ51]

The wife/dinner scenario actually happened to me a couple of years ago. Fortunately we were only about a 1 1/2miles from home and I had backed the car not a parking spot that was on a slight incline. I was able to roll it w the help of some other restaurant patrons and pop the clutch! My wife thinks the car did it out of spite because I wasn't giving my car enough attention.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

The wife/dinner scenario actually happened to me a couple of years ago. Fortunately we were only about a 1 1/2miles from home and I had backed the car not a parking spot that was on a slight incline. I was able to roll it w the help of some other restaurant patrons and pop the clutch! My wife thinks the car did it out of spite because I wasn't giving my car enough attention.

NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION?? Helz belz, Dom! You're the Dave Johnson of the midwest!!!