dave123456789 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 hey guys went out to the mad butcher yesterday to get some meat and when i jumped back into the car and tried to start it it just sounded like the starter motor was going but no engine cranking. flicked the key off and on a few times and it started up but now it makes a metalic clinking sound every so often, sometimes constantly. still randomly only spins the starter too. is there an easy way to fix this? i followed the workshop manual on unjamming it and all it said was to rotate a nut at the end of the starter but that does nothing. car is a 65 super minx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ eskie coupe Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 hey mate, check the connection at your starter from the battery +ve if this is loose or has poor connection it wont let ur starter crank or will crank poorly, also check ur battery condition, if your battery is on its way out u will have a poor start to. check those two things first. when you say "it just sounded like the starter motor was going but no engine cranking" do u mean the engine was freely spinning and not fireing or was the starter just making a spinning sound and no engaging ?if this is the case your starter solenoid may also be on its way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sholdowa Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 65 minx will probably be an inertia starter, so a dirty worm gear may be causing the lack of engagement. But I reckon CJ's on the money about the solenoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave123456789 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 hey mate, check the connection at your starter from the battery +ve if this is loose or has poor connection it wont let ur starter crank or will crank poorly, also check ur battery condition, if your battery is on its way out u will have a poor start to. check those two things first. when you say "it just sounded like the starter motor was going but no engine cranking" do u mean the engine was freely spinning and not fireing or was the starter just making a spinning sound and no engaging ?if this is the case your starter solenoid may also be on its way out. It sounded like the starter motor was going but was not engaged to the engine. It has started up fine today but still had a metallic clinking sound which sounded nasty as was quite loud. I removed the starter motor and got my mates to give me a push start and there was no clinking sound while it was running and the gear on the starter looked fine. I guess i should just take it into an auto sparky and get them to have a look at it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ eskie coupe Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 yeah take the starter to them of if u know some one who is good with that stuff its always good. its cheaper on labor if they don't have to remove and refit, was the terminal on the back of the starter lose at all? The clicking will be the teeth of the starter hitting the teeth of the ring gear at the wrong angle if its not engaging properly. Do the edges of the teeth on the starter or flywheel look shiny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kritta Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 my best guess, is the bendix spring, loses tension, worm drive wont engage, and sounds like its not making contact with flywheel...should be relatively easy fix for auto sparky.....(old school auto sparky!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave123456789 Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 I have dropped it into an auto sparky so hopefully they can fix it. Something was split on it and the shaft had a bit of play but he said wouldnt be hard to fix so fingers crossed its cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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