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Re: 97 Lumina Intermittently Won't Crank With New Starter
To be absolutely certain- next time you are in "no-start" condition- have assistant hold key in start position- and you tap on starter- if it starts- then definitely the starter is bad- armature is not centered properly in brushes- just like a worn out starter where bushings allow armature to go off center. It actually may "wear-in" and get better- but that is a crap-shoot- depends on your luck--
If it were mine, (I have remote starts installed) I can tap on it by myself- but everyone looks at me funny in the parking lots while I do it--
I'd take starter back and get a new one- never rebuilt....
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Automotive A/C Engineer with:
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(2) '95 GEO Prizms both maroon
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