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12-09-2005, 07:12 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5
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Greetings all. I've just bought and am restoring an 85 TX5 Ghia for my pensioner father and am noticing an intermittent starting problem.
Symptoms are identical to a flat battery in that not enough juice to starter ie: starter turns very slowly on some key turns "rrrerrerr" however battery is @ ~12.5 when ign off and 13.8 on so battery and charging system OK. Other times engine kicks over freely and starts/idles/runs perfect. I suspect a dirty connection / failing starter motor/solenoid. Have : * cleaned/tightened the battery terminals; * tried bridging the 12V and starter wires @ ign switch (but can still induce the problem) * am cleaning the starter motor wiring terminals next then * replace the starter? Q: Are the starter motors/soleniod and/or ign switch in these a weak link or is it more likely dirty electrical connections? EDIT: PS: Are there any wiring diagrams/online service manuals available? thanks Last edited by zed4life; 12-09-2005 at 08:48 AM. |
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12-09-2005, 12:20 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 13,302
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Id also check the leads and spark plugs if its intermittent just to cover all bases if you already havent. No harm in cleaning stuff but ive never experienced this problem.
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12-09-2005, 02:39 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NSW Central Coast
Posts: 1,266
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it will be the starter motor or the relay but my moneys on it being the starter motor!
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13-09-2005, 08:34 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5
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Where's the starter relay in these things?
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14-09-2005, 12:00 AM
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Power Wanted
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Perth...nice little and secluded
Posts: 17
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Strangely enough i had the same problem...a nice new starter motor did the trick though
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88 Telstar Ghia Sedan.....All alpine sound..hu..500w amp..300w 12 inch suub..6x9s custom fitted in front doors...6x9s on parcel shelf...little 4 inch speakers in factory positions in front..Now dropped 1.5 inches..rolling on 16s...need power! |
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24-04-2008, 11:53 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: melbourne
Posts: 2
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Hey Mate.i have had the same problem with my 86 AS and took it to one of my old
mates who is an Electrician and he said that there were certain cars around the eighty's that had this starting problem and the Telstar is one of those models. My car would not start easy and would tend not to start when the car is hot.Machanics and RACV all said it would be a starter but my starter was fine.What he did was added a relay and made an egnition wiring-which bypassed the original wiring which is part of the main engine harness.The problem was that the original wiring was getting old-but is still fine,so now the car starts better then ever and cost me $50. |
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