-starter fix Starter Question - 88 80q

[Richard J. Andrews]

best way is to pull it and do this on a workbench.. and spin the starter 
after lubing and re-lube again.

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq

>Did you have to take the starter out or just lube in place underneath the
>car?
>
>Thanks, that is definetly something to try out.
>
>mkb
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard J. Andrews [mailto:tech at flashmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:10 PM
>To: Bhatti, Mohammed
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re:-starter fix Starter Question - 88 80q
>
>
>I have had this happen..
>and a good lube of the starter bendix and the shaft cured it for me...
>i had a starter that sounded like it was about to die...
>i had this spray lube i picked up @ walmart called tech 2000 or something
>to that affect..
>0.99 starter sounded brand new after a liberal spray and then a couple
>bench spins followed
>by re-applications....
>still using the same starter 3 years later.. and still works great...
>of course yours could be a different failure mode...
>but if your starter is getting noisy or not engaging/disengaging well...
>definately worth the dollar to lube it...
>you may save yourself some serious cash.. i know i did..
>
>HTH!
>rich
>'86 4kq
>]At 12:53 PM 8/28/01 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Seems that I'm having problems with my starter, especially when the
> >temperatures are high.  First thing in the morning, no problems starting.
> >After having driven maybe 20-30 minutes and then turning off and letting it
> >sit for a while (more than 5 minutes) and then trying to start, that's when
> >the problems start.  If I turn the key, get a 'kchuuung...kchuuung' sound.
> >Have to turn the ignition maybe 2-3 times to start.  After each kchuung,
> >I'll pause maybe 3-5 seconds, try again and then it'll start.
> >
> >So, question is, I'm not sure if it's the starter or the ignition switch.