Christmas has come and gone and the current spate of cold weather has meant that most of us (in the northern hemisphere anyway) have probably been churning away for a little bit longer than normal...
Most fixing starter threads posted on this forum go through the process of removing a starter and then replacing it with another one – why? I don't know! Check out your old one first. If you haven't seen the insides before take a quick look through the photographs I've posted – I bet you'll be surprised how simple they are. I think it is worth while taking these things apart and assessing what needs to be done before junking them.
Before starting on a bit of a clean up of my starter motor I found some good information on vintagetest.net. In particular the following pdf file:-
http://www.vintagetest.net/chassis/elis78/V2I783032.pdf
Step one - take the starter motor off of your car – on a non-turbo engine just unbolt it and take it off – with a turbo have look through the wiki:-
http://www.peachparts.com/Wikka/OM617StarterMotor