If the starter motor on your car stops working, you have two options: Replace it, or repair it. Most people (including me), would probably just buy a new starter and chuck the old one in the trash if ...

There are few things more panic-inducing than turning your key or pushing your start button and hearing something that doesn't sound quite right. It could be clicking, grinding, or worst of all, ...

Modern starter motors make getting on the road as simple as turning a key or pressing a button — until they stop working. When a starter fails, your car won’t crank at all, leaving you stuck and ...

You hop in your Dodge diesel and turn the key only to be greeted with a click-click sound, instead of the more familiar whirring of your starter motor. Something is wrong. You somehow knew that the ...

For the most part, modern cars are incredibly durable and reliable. If you avoid bad habits, most mainstream vehicles are easily capable of reaching 100,000 miles. However, despite how robust ...

Car Craft recently built a new Chevy 383 stroker that produces nearly 460 hp. While most everything on the engine was new, the original 1969-spec starter was reused. When the engine is cold, our old ...

Vehicle alternators are interesting beasts. Produced on a massive scale, these electric machines are available for a minimum of cost and contain all kinds of great parts: some power electronics and a ...

The opening part of this series laid out how the starter motor works, set the thing in the context of its electrical supply and suggested a few eyes-and-ears checks as the first steps in ...