I'm having some intermittent issues starting my wagon. Sometimes, I can't really tell when, although it's happened occasionally over years, when I turn the key, I hear a click but the starter doesn't engage. A couple of years ago I changed my batteries (it's a 12v system with the batteries parallel) but that didn't solve it. This summer, I replaced all my battery cables and grounds and that didn't solve it.
Then, I found the ignition to starter connector isn't weather-tight and is kind of grimy and I thought it was the problem until fiddling with it this morning did not fix my problem.
I finally banged on the starter with a hammer and that seemed to work, although without isolating variables or another test, I can't be sure.
The trouble is that a couple of months ago I took the starter to a local (Leavenworth, KS) rebuild shop and they said everything was fine with it and that it didn't need rebuilding.
Before that, I'd bought a 12v 2H starter from Amazon but it didn't fit my bellhousing (H55).
Any thoughts or recommendations on either where I could get a quality starter, what the part number is for the starter (can't read the data plate on the one currently installed), or anything else I should do? Like, should I get into the column under the clamshell and start trying to check continuity from the ignition? I didn't think this would be the cause since I do hear the solenoid click. There's actually two clicks: one when I turn the key to ACC and the next when I turn the key to IGN.
Then, I found the ignition to starter connector isn't weather-tight and is kind of grimy and I thought it was the problem until fiddling with it this morning did not fix my problem.
I finally banged on the starter with a hammer and that seemed to work, although without isolating variables or another test, I can't be sure.
The trouble is that a couple of months ago I took the starter to a local (Leavenworth, KS) rebuild shop and they said everything was fine with it and that it didn't need rebuilding.
Before that, I'd bought a 12v 2H starter from Amazon but it didn't fit my bellhousing (H55).
Any thoughts or recommendations on either where I could get a quality starter, what the part number is for the starter (can't read the data plate on the one currently installed), or anything else I should do? Like, should I get into the column under the clamshell and start trying to check continuity from the ignition? I didn't think this would be the cause since I do hear the solenoid click. There's actually two clicks: one when I turn the key to ACC and the next when I turn the key to IGN.