Here's the story, bare with me, 81 CJ7, starter died about 2 months ago, went and got a rebuilt, installed it, but about every 3rd to 5th time it wouldn't start, just go err, turn key back try again and it would work, only had it on the road for about a month, not my daily driver so probably 20 starts, and 5 to 7 no starts. Just had a new engine put in, re-manned, 258, starter wont start it, well I shouldn't say that, will now start every 5th time. Engine place said don't use it and get a new starter, they checked all electrical, no problem, checked starter and said starter was shot, place I got starter from tested it, said nothing wrong, but I got new one anyway, still no start, I can see were it is taking off corners of flywheel so don't want to try anymore. First remanned starter was a Champion, second one Bosch. Any ideas from anyone? Looks to me like starter gear is not going far enough out to engage flywheel. These things aren't rocket science so I don't realy know what to do. When I got second starter I asked if there were different starters for different years, he checked, something like 77 to 86 all the same, so no luck there. If it just happened after engine swap I would say something wrong there, but it was like that before.
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18 years ago