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On starters again.

 

Unbelieveable ! For anyone who has been following this saga, the starter ring gear wore out finally.

It had to be due to pinion-reing gear mismatch .

 

Unfortunately, the drive plate is welded to the torque convertor, so had to get an exchange unit (only 6 moths warranty).

And all that cost

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Hello Fellow starter suffers,

 

I've been having start-up noises & running noises (in wet weather) on my 99 2.3 Ghia X for a while now. One noise a twitter from the Aux drive belt tensioner (wet noise) the other a squeal from the starter now & then. The tensioner was replaced when the bearing finally seized causing the plastic pulley to melt (designed that way so you cant just slip in a new bearing) the aux belt the goes loose and the power steering, charging etc all go down with it. Got the tensioner (because you cant just buy the pulley!! ) from CES for

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