300ZX Starter replacement

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: bbhero
Hate to say told you so.. but... Yeah. Those pieces of junk they sell at the parts stores aren't worth their weight in horse number2.


Yep,you definitely told me so! Lesson learned (looking at my cut up hands) The red flag was the starter looked really shoddy and sloppily constructed. And it weighed half of what the Nissan starter does.


OEM. Local place thats father and son shop rebuilt the Bonnevilles starter for $55

 

[aquariuscsm]

I found a place that will rebuild it for $79.

 

[RooflessVW]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
I found a place that will rebuild it for $79.

 

[nthach]

Denso or Mitsu/Hitachi reman(if they have one). Nissan starters are a pain.

I highly, highly doubt O'Reilly/AutoZone/Pep Boys will sell a starter that's remanned by Mitsu or Hitachi, it looks like Remy or BBB supply the rotating electrical to the chains.

 

[RooflessVW]

He bought a Mitsubishi and it was D.O.A.

 

[aquariuscsm]

I'm going to replace the battery terminals as well while I'm doing this,as these are the originals. This may be a stupid question,but are there actually "best" or recommended types/brands of these?

 

[john_pifer]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
[censored] starter was bad out of the box! Took it off and returned it to O'Reilly. Nissan dealership time for me Monday! I know them over there and I'll see if they can get me an oem one,plus they sell me parts at cost.


So they didn't test it before you left the store?

 

[andyd]

The surest test is when the starter is doing its job. You can't really load test a starter.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Put the rebuilt oem starter on (they only ended up chargimg me $50 to rebuild it) along with new Duralast bronze battery terminals from AZ. She cranks so fast that with the slightest tap of the key she's running!

 

[john_pifer]

Originally Posted By: andyd
The surest test is when the starter is doing its job. You can't really load test a starter.


I worked at Auto Zone while I was in A&P school. We load tested every starter and alternator we sold before letting the customer leave.