Starter kicked in on it's own...

[Mac in SD]

Strange happenings. Car was running fine, pulled into the garage, turned ignition off, engine stopped as normal. Then, after I got out of the car, the starter turned on and kept cranking until I disconnected the battery. Wires to the starter look good, but I pulled them off and ensured there was no contact between the terminals. Now it seems to be fine.

Any ideas for an electrically-challenged guy from you more competent types out there? BTW its a mini-starter.

 

[Hawaiian Turbo]

Are you using the stock bat cable? If so, it has a little tab that if just the right angle, it'll touch the "S" terminal and kick in the starter.

 

[Mac in SD]

Yeah, stock cable, Brudda. Thanks.

And I think that might have been it. The tab was rotated all the way around toward the S terminal. I rotated it away. Hope that's all it takes.

One of these days I gotta actually learn and understand electricity and circuits!

 

[TurboBuickSix]

This happened to me on my old blazer.The solenoid was rusty inside and it got stuck in the start position.Replaced the starter and it was fixed.

 

[Adrian87]

I had the exact same thing happen on my GN when I first got it and I just replaced it with a $40 starter from O'Reilly's and no problems since!

 

[nero]

commence the hacking!!!!

Since the thread starter's questions and concerns have been addressed-- I was wondering if I may thread hack?

Where is this S terminal? On the batt or on the starter... and it begs the question, where is the starter on our TRs? thanks for the help in advance!

 

[TurboBuickSix]

S terminal is located on the starter solenoid, which is located on the starter motor which is bolted to the passenger side of the engine, from underneath of course.Hope this helps.

 

[nero]

It does indeed! Thanks! Any tips as to keeping that thing rust free, in hopes to avoid this problem?

Originally posted by TurboBuickSix
S terminal is located on the starter solenoid, which is located on the starter motor which is bolted to the passenger side of the engine, from underneath of course.Hope this helps.