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bad starter or wiring harness (or both)??? 200 1985

posted by  someone claiming to be Hank on  Wed Jan 30 15:00 CST 2002 [RELATED]

The car wouldn't start recently--wasn't the battery or fuses, so I called AAA over and the guy managed to get it started by whacking the starter while I held the ignition. He told me the starter was probably shot, and I should drive it to the mechanic as he wouldn't guarantee it would start again once I shut the engine off. Well, today the mechanic told me it was the wiring harness (I know the wiring harness is pretty fried and needs to be replaced). I still don't really get the bit about the starter, though. I mean, if it's the harness, why would whacking the starter help? Anyone have an explanation for this? We're having cold weather at the moment if that helps.

Anyway, the mechanic of course is saying it's going to be $800 for the new harness. I just searched the archives here and think I'll probably buy a new harness from IPD or off eBay and try to do it myself.

Thanks for any info.






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