More powerful starter installed
#1
More powerful starter installed
Hey guys just wanted to let you know that my starter finally died last weekend. The symptoms before were intermittent slow cranks, just barely turning over the engine, before it started. Finally all it did was click as i turned the ignition. I bypassed the solenoid by shorting the terminals, nothing from the starter so I knew it was dead. Anyway, went to my mechanic with the old starter and we visited a rebuild shop he uses for starters/alternators. The owner told us to get a new starter as opposed to a rebuild, since the new ones were more powerful and really turns over the engine snappily. He said it was redisigned by Nissan because the original was underpowered and caused it to burn out due to the fact it wouldn't crank fast enough to start the car, causing the starter to overheat.He showed us his book with the specs as I was skeptical it would fit work in my '95 (I've had one starter that wouldn't fit properly from another shop a few years ago). The drive gear on the starter was 10-tooth and length-wise was quite shorter, and the body of the starter seemed slightly longer.
To get to the point finally
, I installed it and all I can say is it a HUGE difference! The car kicks over instantly, just turn the key to start and release immediately. I don't think this car has ever started like this even when i got it in '97. Agreed the starter is brand new & my battery is just over a year old, but I have to say that the car has never ever kicked over like this.
The bad news is that I forgot to ask him for the part# to pass on. I will try to get that if anyone here is interested. BTW I'm in Toronto and I got it at cost for $120CAD. Was only $30 more than a rebuilt.
Hope this helps!
To get to the point finally
![Big Grin](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
The bad news is that I forgot to ask him for the part# to pass on. I will try to get that if anyone here is interested. BTW I'm in Toronto and I got it at cost for $120CAD. Was only $30 more than a rebuilt.
Hope this helps!
#2
got the same starter from Jeff at Max Tuning.....the differnce is amazing. BTW the real differnce is that the internals from the new starter are out of the 5th generation and 6th gens. and the casing is from a 4th gen. It is from nissan design but i dont know if the ones u or i got are OEM or just OEM replica
#3
I agree, the guy at the shop did tell me it works on 2000 Maxes. He also said that he sells them to guys that build high-compression race engines
Whatever it is, looks like it a darn good starter.
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#4
please try to get the part #! my starter is about a month away from dying, ive done so much to try to save it, but on most days, 3-4 seconds of cranking to start... its embarassing in a parking lot.
#9
Originally Posted by DAVE Sz
More powerful starter? Ok, he's probably talking about the one with the 10-tooth gears as opposed to the old 8-tooth one.
I'll see if I can get the part number from the shop.
#10
Just spoke to the shop, and they said it's imported from the US, but won't give out a part #
. I guess they are trying to protect their business since they normally sell to mechanics only. The only thing they mentioned is that it's the new "high-torque" starter for the max.
Sorry guys...maybe a google search will turn up something for you guys in the US?
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Sorry guys...maybe a google search will turn up something for you guys in the US?
#12
I wasn't aware of 10 vs 8-tooth issue because I've always used rebuilt starters, so Davesz is most likely correct. I did a quick search and this link:
http://verizonsupersite.com/4alterst...rtcom/starters
http://verizonsupersite.com/4alterst...rtcom/starters
#15
"Most of the time" doesn't that make you wrong one more time?
and isn't it 10 teeth as in plural? Not 10 tooth!
oops wrong again!![bonk](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/bonk.gif)
but hey all kidding a side thanks for the tip, I'll definitely make sure I get a 10 tooth/teeth ( whatever) when my starter dies!
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and isn't it 10 teeth as in plural? Not 10 tooth!
oops wrong again!
![bonk](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/bonk.gif)
but hey all kidding a side thanks for the tip, I'll definitely make sure I get a 10 tooth/teeth ( whatever) when my starter dies!
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#20
I think that if you go to a dealer and buy a NEW starter, chances are you'll get the 10-teethed
variety. However, if you go the rebuild route with a supplier of your choice, they'll give you the crappy-slow turning older one. But then again I've been known to be wrong ( albeit rarely)
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#21
Originally Posted by Armelius
Correctly it's ten teeth. You don't say, he lost his two front tooth.
#28
Originally Posted by DAVE Sz
10 teeth doesn't sound right in that instance. A 10-tooth design sounds fine, 10-teeth design doesn't.
![gapteeth](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/gapteeth.gif)
I wish those starters weren't Lester or Hitachi. I think I'm going to try to find another, better brand.
#29
Originally Posted by chenzarino
Dave is right it would be 10 tooth, whenever referencing a sprocket it is tooth, not teeth. Teeth are in your face.
Intensions are what it's about and thanks to Dave Sz knowledge we are all better off and thats what this forum is about, even though he does have a tendency to rub people the wrong way
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#30
Originally Posted by 95bluse
I agree, the guy at the shop did tell me it works on 2000 Maxes. He also said that he sells them to guys that build high-compression race engines
Whatever it is, looks like it a darn good starter.
![got me](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/ne_nau.gif)
#34
Originally Posted by 95bluse
Hey guys just wanted to let you know that my starter finally died last weekend. The symptoms before were intermittent slow cranks, just barely turning over the engine, before it started. Finally all it did was click as i turned the ignition. I bypassed the solenoid by shorting the terminals, nothing from the starter so I knew it was dead. Anyway, went to my mechanic with the old starter and we visited a rebuild shop he uses for starters/alternators. The owner told us to get a new starter as opposed to a rebuild, since the new ones were more powerful and really turns over the engine snappily. He said it was redisigned by Nissan because the original was underpowered and caused it to burn out due to the fact it wouldn't crank fast enough to start the car, causing the starter to overheat.He showed us his book with the specs as I was skeptical it would fit work in my '95 (I've had one starter that wouldn't fit properly from another shop a few years ago). The drive gear on the starter was 10-tooth and length-wise was quite shorter, and the body of the starter seemed slightly longer.
To get to the point finally
, I installed it and all I can say is it a HUGE difference! The car kicks over instantly, just turn the key to start and release immediately. I don't think this car has ever started like this even when i got it in '97. Agreed the starter is brand new & my battery is just over a year old, but I have to say that the car has never ever kicked over like this.
The bad news is that I forgot to ask him for the part# to pass on. I will try to get that if anyone here is interested. BTW I'm in Toronto and I got it at cost for $120CAD. Was only $30 more than a rebuilt.
Hope this helps!
To get to the point finally
![Big Grin](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
The bad news is that I forgot to ask him for the part# to pass on. I will try to get that if anyone here is interested. BTW I'm in Toronto and I got it at cost for $120CAD. Was only $30 more than a rebuilt.
Hope this helps!
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