Rickpell

2006 LS 2.2, 1 day of hard crank starts, bought it in May with a new starter?? Last night, no crank at all accessories all working. Manual trans, parked on a hill, got to the shop this morning. Shut it off, and started scratching my head, it is charging, batt tests fine, clutch switch ok, couldn't get it going, beat the starter with a long whacker, finally started. OK, Got it on the lift,need a starter..... commercial account at local parts store, $172.95. Damn, it was new by previous owner, 6 months at most. Brought it to the local electrical guru to see if he could save it, I had no hope! Yes, Harry came through and saved me a lot of cabbage. $75 to repair it. While the starter was out I noticed oil on the oil pressure sending unit, interesting, when I picked up my starter, Harry, told me and showed me why it failed, it was wet with oil, and the carrier for the brushes was covered in thick grease crap from the oil leaking into it.. So, about $100 later, All appears well after numerous start tests. I had the starter repaired, replaced a 50 amp fuse, I blew while testing the clutch switch?????, and replaced the oil switch. Lost a days pay, spent $100, and got a ton of learnin'.

sleeper

Some days we are the bug, & some the windshield..

Oldblue

Great news , it’s fixed !!! Enjoy the drive!!