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Old 02-10-2011, 04:09 AM
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An OM617 starter motor is for LIFE not just for Christmas!

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
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