Well, the starter on the TGP is pretty much toast, now. It had heat saturation issues prior to today, and then this morning, the only way I could get the car to start after the 2 minute trip to the parts store to pick up a CV axle was to hit it with a hammer while an employee turned the ignition. So while it's in getting the CV axle done, I was thinking of having them just throw on a new starter. However, I remember reading something about being able to use a starter off of newer GMs. Smaller, lighter, and high torque? If so, which ones can be used? And if someone who has successfully done this has a part number, it would be most appreciated!
http://www.tgpforums.com/index.php?topic=3166.msg20176#msg20176
Mine came from a newer 3100, other cars that have them are the 3400 GA's among a bunch of others. The old one is huge in comparison!!! And the sound when starting makes it much quieter. Just get yourself a used unit, they are very easy to replace as long as you can get under the car safely.
Sweet! Thanks for the link/info. Hopefully this thing will hold for a few days till I can score one at a decent price. This car's been racking up the repair bill the last few weeks. If I was positive I was going to keep it, I wouldn't mind one bit. But since I'm quite possibly getting rid of it (I know for a fact I'm getting rid of my other 3 cars), it means it's just that much more money I'm going to be loosing on it. :icon_frown:
Here's where I plan to buy mine in the near future:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8057911695
My new starter came from a 2.2L Cavalier. GM used the high torque starter in alot of different applications.
Ithink I paid $12 for mine, but I pulled it myself. But when it's not your car, and you don't care about the wiring, you just snip. Took me about 10 minutes. Definetely a good investment.
So just to confirm I'm not getting the wrong thing, this would work?
eBay auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=200002605905&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT)
And there's no issues what so ever with these new starters on our cars?
Looks like the one "D"
looks the same as my 3400 Starter