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Old 03-25-2011, 08:48 PM   #2
85Bowtie
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Re: starter question

Your wife crawled under the truck and beat the starter with a mallet? What else does she do around the house?

The starter may be fine, your solenoid may be whats wrong. It may be weak or have a bad connection and not allowing the starter to fully engage, which may bind it. So when you hit the starter with a mallet it usually frees up the binding. Try swapping a new one in and see if that fixes the problem, it will be cheaper too.
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