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New starter woes


neilc

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I booked the last week off work to spend time with my family ... Didn't happen , bleeding hands and back ache again ! , I've had to be lots of various things on the Land Rover , wife and family are not impressed . I only have one question , I gave up on old starter and bought a new one , it now starts first time everytime , however it makes a very brief grind before kicking in , it doesn't struggle it just makes a slight noise , any ideas , hopefully it's just the new one bedding in ( Please God ) .

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Does this mean that the teeth are spinning against each other before finally engaging?  If so it may be the drive is sticky - ie the gear isn't flying along its shaft and mechanism as quickly as it should - which could even be due to poor connections. (remember the thing earths to the engine through the end of the case - so if its nicely painted it may insulate - and may do the same if the alloy is corroded.)

If the gear is slipping it may be there's damage to the flywheel teeth - in which case it ain't going to get better.

 

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Have a look in the starter aperture, the ring gear is visible. 

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Is it a series 3? If so, you can see the bevel on the ring gear from the starter hole.

If it looks like this:

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It's not going to get better.

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Thanks for responses , I have noticed that the engine slightly over runs on shut down , starter aperture looks fine with no damage (thank god for mobile phones ! and selfie sticks)  should i have greased the starter before putting it in ?, its seemed to run freely , I did check. should it literally have been greased with grease?

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