I pulled off the starter to my 1950 Chevrolet Deluxe last night . I suspected the solenoid as the issue. I have replaced many in my lifetime. I watched you video . Did exactly as you instructed. The starter works perfect now !!! Thank you ! Mike Pack
Awesome !!! .. glad to hear it . I learned this from an old man back in the 70s when my car died in the middle of the highway and he helped me push it to the side and help me remove the starter and fix it right there on the sidewalk.
Thank you, I have an 83 chevy c20 I almost bought a new selinoid for today and found your video. I'll see how that works in the morning. I greatly appreciate it.
Finally someone who’s not trying to make a huge production out of a 3 min video. I never knew this trick and seeing how I gotta take out the starter anyway to change it, I am going to try this instead. Thank you for the video. Hopefully it saves me some cash. Thank you very much
@@mookandairin thanks man. I feel the same way I ain’t got time for all the BS these people pump in the videos so they can make $.49 add music and make a production out of it like a rockstar. …… just a simple fact is all anybody needs to post. Ps. This is only for the old style 60s and 70s and 80s GM starters this can’t be done with the new stuff.
Hey Jesse, I can't tell you how many of these I have thrown away and replaced with an over the counter cheap replacement that were prob made overseas! I'm going to try this for sure, thanks for posting this video! I found a video on here how to re-seal my Saginaw PS box in my 72 K10 a few months ago and I was amazed how easy it was once you see a step by step video!
I knew it! Ive bought a Cadillac eldorado impulsively with a bad starter. I pulled it apart and I looked at it and figured I could try this. Your video convinced me! Thanks man your a life saver!
Wonderful. I've been operating on borrowed time. I've had a new starter (A/C Delco) in the garage for a couple of months waiting to get around to it. This is the week, new front shacks, new rotors, pads, reconditioned the calipers, front crank seal, and today, the starter. Before I put that brand new starter in I'm going to try to recondition the solenoid of my current starter as you've demonstrated.
@@alienaxe It's a 98 C3500, the solenoid was just as you showed. It would've worked but I dropped and could not find a part, that part being the bushing or ferrule that the longest screw goes through into the solenoid, on this particular starter. I may have changed it once before, I would've used O'Reilly's.
@@erniemenard7727 I wanted to also let you know they make solenoids in 2 lengths …. The long one may not need that sleeve. And the screws and sleeves still come with it . So you cold try asking for a heavy duty solenoid for like a 67 Chevelle 396. Then you will have the screw and sleeve and an extra solenoid
I've torn these things apart a million times and I never knew you could disassemble that plunger assembly and flip over the disc. Thanks for the info bud! 😁
Wow! I dropped a wrench on the leads 0f mine on my 67 Camaro- it quit two days later- I went thru hell with tow damaged in shipment whole starts from Jegs(damn kids packing them). I wish I saw this video 1ST.
Sometimes you can’t get the disc off the shaft because it doesn’t have a C clip, but you can clean it on the wire wheel and sand. It down smooth and it will work just as good.
OMG my 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 just started doing that click click noise. Had to jump it to start it. Brand new battery a month ago thanks for sharing will definitely check this out. Thanks a million.
Thank you very much that was a excellent presentation video of how to fix something straightforward not another bunch of crap like a lot of people excellent excellent thank you very much look forward to seeing more videos from you
Well thanks man I really appreciate it I really don’t do videos all the time it’s just when something comes up that I think I can put out there that people will benefit from I’ll make a video from my experiences
I had this happen on my 97 GMC sierra, I heard a grinding sound and I pulled off on to the side of the road and turned off my truck and took the key out of the ignition and the starter started cranking with the truck turned off and starter kept spinning the until I heard a pop and a small fire broke out, thankfully there was no serious damage to the truck.
My starter is not engaging when hot.. I slap the starter a couple of times with a hammer and it cranks. Was going to get a new starter but I'm gonna try this first.. Bet that's what's wrong with it.. Simple really.. Thanks for posting, good info..
@@busvanthecreepycarpetman9782 So, I took my starter apart and the brushes were worn down almost to the core. So I replaced it with an new one and will order a rebuild kit for the old one... use that as a spare.
Oh my God I'm gonna try this this was a good video and a good tip I'm gonna watch some of your other videos I have subscribed to you Sir'cause I do a lot of work on chevy's and I'm gonna see what other neat stuff you could teach me I have an El Camino with a 350 in it i actually
I actually wanna run a 350 CFM 2 barrel Holley carburetor with 61 main jets and see what kind of fuel economy I can get with it over my elderbrock 500 CFM 4 barrel
These were the kind of things they used to teach us in school when I went to automotive training center it’s a shame they don’t teach this kind of stuff today on how to rebuild starters and alternators and solenoid’s and power steering pumps because everybody just throws them away and gets another one and parts stores don’t even carry the pieces to rebuild things anymore it’s a shame
If you’re talking about a Ford…… The solenoid is on the fender well and not on the starter If you’re talking about a GM like I have in my hand, there’s two screws that hold it onto the starter and one screw in the very front with a copper sleeve . Once you remove them, you twist the solenoid, and it will fall off in your hand, along with the spring that goes behind it.
OMG my 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 just started doing that click click noise. Had to jump it to start it. Brand new battery a month ago thanks for sharing will definitely check this out. Thanks a million.
OMG my 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 just started doing that click click noise. Had to jump it to start it. Brand new battery a month ago thanks for sharing will definitely check this out. Thanks a million.
Did this ever work out for you? I have the same truck with a sheared solenoid bolt. They don't sell decent solenoids for the 5.3l on autozone/amazon etc
