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Posted on Apr 26, 2009

Starter / solenoid problems, starts manualy

The starter sometimes won't turn over, i have done it manualy a couple of times, and it has always started. Do i need a whole new starter, or is there some other way to fix it? Possiably the conections? Thanks for any advice you can give, Robert

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