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Originally Posted by redbaronph123
how long were you cranking it before you decided to stop trying and hitch a ride?... maybe you fried your starter with all the cranking you did?
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true-you didn't crank it for longer than 30 seconds at a time, did you? That's enough to kill the starter, ESPECIALLY if it's not a good one. If you did, don't feel too bad, you are certainly not alone. I think a bosch rebuilt is around $140? and probably worth it. The problem with the starters is there is a great deal of heat created inside and with heat being continuously generated inside, it can't dissipatethe heat fast enough. The second starter being warm already didn't help. Their untimely deaths were possibly related to heat issues AND a lower voltage/higher current flow with an older battery. By reading your post I couldn't tell - were you changing the starter on the side of the road or did you take it to a safe place first. I sincerely hope not the former. I've done that in the past I'm ashamed to say, I'd rather work in a cold, windy rain than do that today!
Not worth the risk, IMHO.