[Shotimes] Fixed: SHO No Start

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

I bought on about six months ago.  No problems so far.

Jim
93 MTX



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of sho2go
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 12:33 AM
To: Paul M. Novak; SHO
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fixed: SHO No Start


Happy to hear your success, Paul.  As for my starter, I found a fellow named
Eric Swanson of Partzfinders on eBay that is selling new starters.  I talked
to him briefly and he assured me these are new starters, made in USA.  Don't
know if thats good or not but I went ahead and bought one; it will be here
on Monday, $87 shipped.  We'll see how good it is; I didn't even have to
turn in the old one.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M. Novak" <pnovak@san.rr.com>
To: "SHO" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Fixed: SHO No Start


> I want thank everyone on the list who posted emails for starter problems
in
> the past, for helping me get my 1993 SHO MTX back on the road again due to
a
> starter problem.  This is the first email that I have posted on this
problem
> as I found everything I needed in a lot of past list emails on the subject
> of starters.
>
> My 1993 MTX SHO all of a sudden just wouldn't crank.  But the dash lights
> were nice and bright, but didn't dim when the ignition key was turned.  I
> could not jump start it with cables, but I could bump start it by rolling
it
> down a hill and popping the clutch.  It would run fine, but it wouldn't
> start again using the starter.  Using information from this SHO list I
> checked my battery (12.5V), cleaned the terminals (they looked nice and
> clean before but I did it anyway), checked the voltage at the two
terminals
> on the starter solenoid attached to the starter (12.4V) and even jumped
the
> solenoid terminals to determine that the starter was in fact the problem
> (lots of sparks but no crank).  Then using information in past emails I
> determined how to remove the starter, I checked for the number of teeth on
> the gear (12) since I learned that the number of teeth varied and then
> researched my options:  buy new, buy rebuilt, or get it rebuilt.   I
decided
> (again based on comments in past emails) that the way to go for me was to
> take it to a local place that has rebuilt an alternator for me before.
Two
> days after the starter died, I installed my rebuilt starter (it cost $105
> plus tax) and the SHO was back on the road again.
>
> Thanks for all the help on this and other SHO work I have had in the past.
> This car was totaled a few years ago, stolen and badly damaged this year,
> but it is all back together again and still running great (104K miles and
a
> salvage title).
>
>  This is the time of year to think about things that you are thankful for.
> This is a great list, and I am thankful that  I found it.
>
>
> Paul M. Novak
> 1993 Emerald Green MTX SHO
> San Diego,CA
> pnovak@san.rr.com
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