1982 Brat 1.8L.. I think i Destroyed my starter and possibly damaged the flywheel:-\ .. my car was covered in snow and it was very cold.. I started the car and went inside to let it warm up for almost a half hour… when I returned to the car I noticed a grinding noise and the odder of melting wires.. pushing the snow aside I opened the hood to find the starter was smoking hot and had been engaged the entire time producing a grinding noise from the flywheel and starter I immediately knew the Ignition switch was hung up.. I turned the switch to run position and the noise stopped so I put it in gear and drove off. After the car had cooled the starter sounded weak but started right up.. I drove home.. and tried the starter again… this time it sounded very bad turning very slow and a(slight) grinding noise…….. time permitting it will be a few days until I can rebuild the starter..

 

Question is:: should I rebuild it or buy a new one?…… I was floored when I priced them..

I see that they have a reduction gear..

if the reduction gear is fine is it possible to purchase the electric starter motor separately?

 

Does anybody have a line on cheep starters?? if so, please post information

About $40 at rockauto.Cheap like borsch.

Probably burned out the bendix gear. if you can try to rebuild it, the motor itself and the reduction gear should be ok, but the bendix part should be replaced.

 

I'm surprised it still worked after all of that.

 

I had a ford truck where the bendix gear got stuck and was turning with the flywheel, and totally ate itself. bump starts from there till i got a new one

 

you may be better off just replacing it with another unit, but if you are all for disassembling and rebuilding, that may be the clever approach

yea Miles looks like i will be bump starting it for a while . i doubt very much i will be able to find starter rebuild parts any time soon..

i got lucky when rebuilding my heater motor.. found replacement brushes in stock at my local John Deer Dealer.

who knows maybe John deer uses the same bendix...lol

you can use a starter out of a 20 year range of subarus. try one from an ea82 or even a legacy. they should work, and if there are any difference, you can mix and match it.

 

it should be a direct swap if you get one from a 5spd

yea Miles looks like i will be bump starting it for a while . i doubt very much i will be able to find starter rebuild parts any time soon..

i got lucky when rebuilding my heater motor.. found replacement brushes in stock at my local John Deer Dealer.

who knows maybe John deer uses the same bendix...lol

 

Man I've got a milk crate full of starters. You can have one. Located in Yelm.

I Got Lucky:lol:

found a starter with warranty, tested and guaranteed to be good for 25bucks (after core) at my local wrecking yard Yahoooooooo:banana:

 

now i can get back to fixing the rest of the problems...find and replace windshield, replace rear brakes, replace missing rear shock. replace rear CV, (replace return and reinstall) a faulty purchased front CV, and find out why i have no reverse in Lo-range.. just to name a few..lol

This Little Brat has proven to be a Problem Child. :eek: :eek:

no reverse in low?sometimes the transmission will pop out of reverse in low range with the 4 speed.possibly because of bad or worn bushings or synchro's in the transmission.Try holding the stick in reverse when in 4lo and see if that helps.