Offroad-Express

I am going to be removing the starter motor on my g16a 16v auto escudo this afternoon. anyone have any tips or hints? easy job or a bit tricky?

from memory mate you need a 12mm spanner and a 10mm spanner and thats about it, 1 ,10mm nut to remove main power feed to starter and 2 ,12mm bolts to bell housing. as well as just pull the starter wire plug off.

its been a long time since i did one but should be close.

thanks i have pulled a few starters off other vehicles over the years, and they are normally removed just as you have described. just wondering if there any little tricks specific to the escudo.

ok, so i removed the starter motor this morning. the problem was that the escudo intermitently wouldnt start. it wouldnt wind over or click, just nothing when i turned the key. If i taped the starter a few times then it would start everytime.

can you still replace brushes in starter motors? i have included a few pictures of the starter motor, does anyone have any suggestions on what i should do? clean this one up, just get a 2nd hand one etc...?

If it did not even click but worked after a tap I would say its the solenoid not the actual starter .
If it clicked but did not wind over until a tap then its probably the brushed in the motor .

If you can get it back together , get another solenoid . If not just get a second hand starter , they are dime a dozen .

Chris

Looks like there are 2 well worn brushed in there. Shoud be cheap enoiugh to replace. Auto parts store or auto sparky should have them.

But givin your symptoms I would say solenoid too. The one in my W/C truck does that after most good dunkings. Sealed unit that is not water tight and the contacts melt when you put power through them when they are wet. Last a while but get slowly worse.