jaw Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 My supra over the past few days has been reluctant to start - I put to ignition 2, and all's normal, then when I try starting her up, it clicks as if the battery was dead (triple checked, all elecrics work, checked voltage of battery and it's normal, tried boost starting and nothing. Most days I leave it in position 2, and wait for a while, try again and it starts up. Alternatively, put it in 2, unlock with alarm and start and it works. Today it refused for half an hour, but when I tapped the central cover and tried starting again and it went first time - any help?? cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Have a look here dude, i had the same problem, and i used this Tutorial to fix my problem. If you cant do it yourself print out the page and order the parts down the bottom, Starter Kit repair pack and get a Garage to do it. They wont take much, http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=51682 Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaw Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 cheers, have tried this but no joy! any more advice? it's gotten worse, used to just be in mornings once in a while, but now almost every time today I've stopped before it's warmed up ( i think), it's not wanted to start first time need to go hammersmith now but not looking forward to it not starting. any help?? many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondinho Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Have you tried a new battery? I did that before I overhauled my starter motor, when the new battery made no difference I took it back to Halfords and got a refund - then bought the parts for the starter motor, tried that and it fixed it. From what you've said, it still sounds to me that it's the starter motor on its way out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaw Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 ah darn eet! I'll look into that next in that case! is it worth/are there alternatives to buying a used starter motor? I'm pretty confident that it's not the battery, as the car-pc shuts down when the voltage drops below a certain level (not entirley sure of the figures off hand) but it's all going fine still, keeping in standby etc, no dipping lights with the ice etc, of course that could all be irrelevant? Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Had the same problem when I bought my car. Duff battery. Bought a new one from halfrauds and all was well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaw Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 ah thanks, maybe it IS that then, I'll be off to halfrauds tomorrow then! I'll keep you posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Check this out: http://mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=88956&highlight=starter+motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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