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Agreed, however, my problem is intermittent. If I test it now, it would probably show 12volts and the car would crank….maybe. If I were lucky and it was one of the times the car won’t crank, then I could more easily trouble shoot the 12volt path. I just never know when it’s gonna act up. I wish it was a hard failure.
Any suggestions how to better trouble shoot an intermittent cranking issue?
Thanks.
heres a couple videos to help you in the diagnostic of the problem. see if your
battery terminals are clean and tight. check the terminals at the starter for
corrosion.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKjdnQ0s … plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAjM9Gk6 … plpp_video
Thanks for the great post College man.
Those starters do go out from time to time and what you describe sounds like a starter issue. The videos posted are a great way to start but the next time it happens you might see if you can get a long pry bar or something on the starter and try the traditional ‘tap with a hammer’ to see if that gets the starter to work correctly, if it does then you can be reasonably sure you need to replace the starter.
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