How does one determine if a starter switch and/or starter is bad and in need of replacement? Who has good prices and quality on starters for a TD?
The switch question is replied to in another posting. The starter may be tested by using a jumper cable from the battery to it. Try to get the polarity right. If the starter is dead, it may be just the brushes that need replacement, something you can do yourself. My battery tests OK. It is the switch or the starter. how do I check out the starter switch so I don’t have to remove the starter/ I just went through this with my TD. I had a lose connection on the starter. Went to tighten it and mangage to twist the post out of the inside, so be careful. Anyway, I bought a used starter from a guy up in New York but while waiting I took the old starter to a shop up in the road and ahe repaired the post, cost $25.00 but sometimes it does not want to start like it has a dead spot. The other starter arrived and I put the jumper cables on it and it whirled but would not engage and I took to this guy and for $27 he fixed it up like a new one. I now have a spare and will probley put the New York on
