Hi Everyone,
I have a 88 4x4 5spd (not sure if this matters)
I've been having a strange starter issue after dropping and repairing my manual trans.
Before dropping the trans the starter was working fine.
Since I was having everything repaired anyway, I decided to get a rebuilt denso starter since everything was out anyway.
Now that everything is bolted backup with a new group 27 battery, the starter will start the car, BUT ONLY after about 5 secs of very slow cranking.
For the first 3 second of slow cranking, the engine doesn't spin; which is strange. You can hear the starter slow crank but no engine movement. It seems strange to me since even with slow cranking, the engine should spin regardless.
After about 5 seconds, the engine starts to spin slowly and will eventually catch and fire.
I had the starter bench test and it came out good. However, I'm not sure how valid this test is since it seems that the issue occurs when the starter is under load.
Does this sound like a starter problem, bad ground, and or voltage drop in positive starter terminal? I've double checked everything in terms of corrosion and everything is clean but it is still slow cranking.
Anything else I should check.
Thanks for the help.
-Marvin