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llteddy4playll · 06-23-2009, 01:11 AM

I just finished the sr swap and it runs and everything. All of a sudden the starter just locks or just stops cranking. After a 1 try of cranking it gets really hot. So i switch it out with another starter that is known to work and the same thing is happening. It just keeps on locking up and not wanting to crank over. Could this be a wiring/electrical problem that is making the starter lock up or just bad starter? I also went to autozone to check if the starter still passes it tested GOOD!!!!! So the main question is if this could be an electrical problem causing this problem or not??? Thanks for the help

Sileighty_85 · 06-23-2009, 01:10 PM

make sure your engine is properly grounded, add a ground on the Starter/tranny bolt
also a good charged battery

llteddy4playll · 06-23-2009, 03:56 PM

so ground would make the starter lock? Its like really loud against the flywheel.

Shadowhunter · 06-23-2009, 04:01 PM

Maybe the teeth on the starter are not meshing up properly and locking up struggling to crank over, that's why it's getting hot. Only a guess on my part though.

Sileighty_85 · 06-23-2009, 06:59 PM

try this, I had this gremlin last week.

weird as hell but this worked for me
take a breaker bar and socket and turn the crank shaft back a couple of times and try to start again

06-23-2009, 01:11 AM	#1
llteddy4playll Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: az Age: 40 Posts: 186 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	starter locks!!!!!! I just finished the sr swap and it runs and everything. All of a sudden the starter just locks or just stops cranking. After a 1 try of cranking it gets really hot. So i switch it out with another starter that is known to work and the same thing is happening. It just keeps on locking up and not wanting to crank over. Could this be a wiring/electrical problem that is making the starter lock up or just bad starter? I also went to autozone to check if the starter still passes it tested GOOD!!!!! So the main question is if this could be an electrical problem causing this problem or not??? Thanks for the help

06-23-2009, 01:10 PM	#2
Sileighty_85 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Misawa, Japan Posts: 6,815 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	make sure your engine is properly grounded, add a ground on the Starter/tranny bolt also a good charged battery __________________ 後輪駆動車１番 1989 Built SR GT2871R -363whp 1998 S14 W/RB25- 250ish (For Now) 1986 SR86 - 200ish 1990 R32 GTR - 320hp Don't Buy Engines from JDM-Online http://zilvia.net/f/businesses/207457-jdm-online.html Don't Buy XS-Power or SSAC Shit

06-23-2009, 06:59 PM	#5
Sileighty_85 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Misawa, Japan Posts: 6,815 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	try this, I had this gremlin last week. weird as hell but this worked for me take a breaker bar and socket and turn the crank shaft back a couple of times and try to start again __________________ 後輪駆動車１番 1989 Built SR GT2871R -363whp 1998 S14 W/RB25- 250ish (For Now) 1986 SR86 - 200ish 1990 R32 GTR - 320hp Don't Buy Engines from JDM-Online http://zilvia.net/f/businesses/207457-jdm-online.html Don't Buy XS-Power or SSAC Shit

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06-23-2009, 03:56 PM	#3
llteddy4playll Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: az Age: 40 Posts: 186 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	so ground would make the starter lock? Its like really loud against the flywheel.

06-23-2009, 04:01 PM	#4
Shadowhunter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego,CA Age: 40 Posts: 647 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Maybe the teeth on the starter are not meshing up properly and locking up struggling to crank over, that's why it's getting hot. Only a guess on my part though.