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triniboyd

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My 95 Disco stranded me again.

All of a sudden the starter would not turn over. The battery is good. Its like trying to start with the truck in drive. Any ideas anyone?
 

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What do you mean "like trying to start with it in drive". Does this mean it will not turnover?if it willnot turn over could be many things my 95 needed an alternator at 45,000 mile intervals. The last no turn over was the starter. The started started by being sluggish next I knew nothing, removed it and wow all the parts were laying all in the bottom of the starter case. It just fell all apart. Could be the shift switch as well but mine hasn't had this trouble yet. If you have a vom and a person to help check to see if you've got voltage to the starter. Or a long lead to prob if you don't have someone to help.
 

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Oops reread your trouble. So it will not turn over in park but will turn over in drive. Got to think it is a faulty transmission range selector switch.
 

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Either a bad starter or battery.
 

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Joey,

the battery is good and it appears that no power is going to the starter - no voltage drop when key is turned.

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Cannot help but reply: if like in mine the starter fell apart it created an open circuit it will not pull current. Or maybe if some of the parts inside were shorting it would pull too much current. Or maybe the solenoid is not working.
 

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I checked all the starter relay and it was ok. Towed the truck home. I think now that it may be the starter. I would take it to Autozone to have it tested.

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Heck I took my starter out hooked jumper cables to the battery put the grnd on the battery and touched the positive to the stud. Now that's a bench test,. Won't tell you if it's sluggish but it will tellyou if it works at all. When I tore it down like I said before all of the bearings and such were just a pile inside the starter. Acted sluggish for about a week before it quit. Amazing how small the starter is. But I guess they are all getting cheaper.
 
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