I have a 95 t100 2.7 it only does this at winter time. Starter only clicks once on the first start up in the morning. I have to keep trying till it catches. Has a new battery the connections on the clamps are clean. Thanks[emoji106]
Mine did something real simuliar. If all your contacts are good I'd drop the starter and throw in $20 bucks worth of new contacts. They get worn and gummed up inside over times and the cold weather justs makes things worse.
Yeah it's due!
easy job, 15 minutes once you get it out of the truck.
Lots of UTube videos an threads here on the forum. Mine is on the 3.4 and I'm told yours is easier
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Motor Terminal; Except Cold Weather Specification. I dont know what they mean by except cold weather.
I believe the starter motors were rated 1.2 kw,1.4 kw as standard and the cold weather spec motor was 1.8kw to 2.0 kw. Odds are it's the standard starter (1.2kw/1.4kw)
Sounds like the starter click of death. Definitely git those contacts replaced before you git stranded somewhere. If y have the original OEM starter, it's worth the time to replace the contacts and plunger vs buying a rebuilt or aftermarket one. I believe there are a few threads in here with piccies on the process.
What says it has a Cold Weather Spec starter on it? Not sure what your referring too?
If your not sure, order a set for both types of starters and just use the one you need.
Even if you don't want to return the unused set it's still way cheaper than any other option!
I'm guessing that the dimensions of the contacts are different between the standard spec starter vs. a cold weather spec starter.
I was looking for the starter contacts and they said with out the cold weather on one of them. I was just gonna pull the starter off and just have it all rebuilt at a shop.
I'm pretty sure you don't have a cold weather starter but you should do whatever your comfortable with but
when you pull it off the truck check for P/N or identification that will answer that question for future reference.
Right now its been firing up with no problems but still gotta get it done. I only drive it once a week. If its really cold like in the 30s or this time of year it does this but only happened that one time.
Well, you know it's causing you issues and it's not gonna fix itself or git better over time. If you want to gamble and find yerself stuck at the store or a parking lot because it's not wanting to engage, you can do that. If you git the chance to git it done, take the opportunity to make it happen.