1984 Ford Escort Gt "starter dead spot" Questions

...great. thanks Starter is beginning to fail. It has a dead spot or two and my luck of the draw you are occasionally ending up on the dead spot. Plan to eventually replace the starter. Hope that

...dead spot that occassionaly the starter will stop in. tapping the starter will help it get a connection. You need 2 people for this, one person taps the body of the starter while the other turns the ...

...COMPLETELY START BUT COULD NOT COULD IT BE THE BATTERY? OR SOMETHING ELSE? THE BATTERY IS ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS OLD If it is a really fast "whir" sound then it sounds like your starter has a dead

...starter is going bad. If you have anything on in the car when you reinstall your battery, their will be a spark of varying degrees. Your underhood light will cause the battery to spark. So will the ...

...starter relay and the fuel pump relay but cant get a spark .have a ford dealer disk but not a lot of information their as only block diagram and any further information i need to use a dealer id to ...

...dead spot on your starter. It will happen again probably when the starter stops on the dead spot in the future. If it does hit the starter with a mallet to move it off the dead spot then try the key ...

...starter with dead spots. You can try hitting the starter with a hammer when it clicks. That should knock it off a dead spot and verify the dead spot theory. Let us know if you have more questions. ...

...dead spot in the starter. When it does this and you keep turning the starter it moves past the dead spot and will start.This may require starter replacement. try cleaning and tightening battery ...

...trouble getting the starter to turn, try smacking it on the side with a hammer. That will usually get it to move off the dead spot to start and thereby verify the starter dead spot is the

starter motor had a dead spot in it (a place where the electrical field is at a stand still) the tow truck bumped around enough to shake the motor out of the dead spot and the car started. Here's what