A few weeks ago I spent a whole day shimming my starter after having spent hours
the day before surfing the web for solutions & trying to understand what was wrong.
Everything was ok for a while but today when I tried to start her up...
"klack" the damned starter hit the flexplate again :-(
If I crawl under the car and use a screwdriver to get the starter to engage
the flywheel it cranks the engine like nothing. Then it works for 1-10
starts and then it hits the flexplate again :-(
 
I have a trickle charger connected to the battery, it might just be
coincidence, but it seems to start easier when the battery is 100% fully
charged, happy with life and "tip-top" (as if the starter have power enough to force it's way
to engage to the flexplate?) But no battery in the world is 100% all the
time anyway so this is a long shot?
 
All measurements are ok!
 
I know I've been pestering you about this before but I'm out of ideas!
 
As far as I remember this never happened last year and the mini starter is
maybe two years old (or less).
 
1. I had the car in a dry and clean barn this winter but could the cold have
destroyed either the starter or deteriorated the battery? (a few nights was below -4° F)
 
2. Could it be that the battery weakens just a tiny, tiny bit, but just enough
so that the starter doesn't have enough power?
 
3. Have the solenoid gone bad so soon?
 
Best regards
Pelle
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