89 Caravan 3.0 L Starter Problem

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Tony Sivori - 26 Apr 2005 04:05 GMT

89 Grand Caravan, 3.0 Liter, 4 sp auto. Premium quality battery 6 months
old, voltage is good. Starter is still in the vehicle, but I believe it is
the Nippondenso starter. Most of the label on it is worn away, but peering
under the van I can see it does say "Made in Japan".

I'm having the click but no start problem. Yesterday I replaced the relay
on the fender, and today it clicked again. From reading the archives of
this newsgroup, I know that it is almost certainly the contacts in the
starter.

Unfortunately I don't have time to try to find the contacts locally.

So my question is, if I buy the solenoid only, will new contacts be part
of the solenoid? Or is is a case of one of the contacts is on the
solenoid, and the other is part of the starter?

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Bob Shuman - 26 Apr 2005 14:00 GMT

Tony,

Try this web site:

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/Starter.shtml#Online Ordering

Since you have the older Mitsubishi 3.0L (long starter?), it appears you
will probably need either 2 type "A" contacts or possibly one "A" and one
"C". The pictures at the above site are very good and should be a good
guide on what you need. I think the guy offers overnight shipment if you
pay the fee. He also offers a pack of all 4 contacts for $19.50 and you can
return the unused ones to him for a $4 each credit in case you are not sure
which ones you need.

As to the contacts coming in the replacement solenoid, I would assume this
would have to be true given the design, but have never purchased just the
solenoid for this starter so can't say for certain.

Bob
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> 89 Grand Caravan, 3.0 Liter, 4 sp auto. Premium quality battery 6 months
> old, voltage is good. Starter is still in the vehicle, but I believe it is
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> solenoid, and the other is part of the starter?
> Tony Sivori

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Tony Sivori - 26 Apr 2005 16:05 GMT

> Tony,
>
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> this would have to be true given the design, but have never purchased
> just the solenoid for this starter so can't say for certain.

Thanks for the info. The links and pictures are very helpful.

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