So being cheap on parts, and from an era where your repair instead of replace (read OLD!), I thought I would pop my starter out and see why it's a 50/50 shot on starting, thought it may be extended electrical but the solenoid made the right sounds, jumping it from another car or charging the battery fully meant it started. But there was never an in-between, like the starter dragging. Turns out the copper contacts from the plunger are worn, one wafer thin on an angle, I cleaned it and realigned the contacts and I am about to put it back together but a coffee break had me looking for a replacement just in case this does not work. The plunger is a common part but does anyone in the trade know if the solenoids are also the same, at least the contacts as I'm sure it would be a cheaper avenue to go down. Here's the list I got for the plunger
as you can see it's a common enough part!

 

I can answer myself now I'm in town ( any excuse to try it out) and $4.95 gets a set of ram contacts, add $5 for a new plunger or the same for a Jaguar $29.95. Mines perfect now but I think it's a cheap spare to have on the shelf.

 

Do you have the part number for the ram contacts?

 

I don't now,, but an e-bay search turns them up. I'll look tomorrow when I'm not on dial up

 

Applications

AC Delco
323-1051, 336-1428, 336-1541, 336-1568, 336-1573, 336-1624, 336-1628, 336-1633
Acura
31200-P54-003, 31200-P72-A01, 31200-P73-A01, 31200-P75-901, 31200-PR7-J01, DX51D, DXD1V, DXD1W, DXDR6, DXDRJ
Carrier Transicold
29-39135-00
Chrysler
04609346AD, 4467185, 4557284, 4609010, 4609346AD, 4609703, 4686104, 4686111, 5234648, 53005984, 56004757, 56027702, 56027703
Cummins
3675153RX
General Motors
94854717, 94855154
Honda
06312-P03-901RM, 31200-P03-901, 31200-P03-904, 31200-P54-003, 31200-P73-A01, 31200-PM3-J01, 31200-PM3-J02, DX4R4, DX4RE, DXDR6, DXDR7, DXDRJ
Isuzu
2911230000, 8943446930, 8943718330, 8943718331, 8943770240
Kubota
19013-63012, 19013-63013
Nippondenso (Denso)
128000-7010, 128000-7390, 128000-7500, 128000-7560, 128000-7710, 128000-7712, 128000-7713, 128000-7714, 128000-7715, 128000-7810, 128000-8030, 128000-8031, 128000-8350, 128000-8360, 128000-8400, 128000-8410, 128000-9710, 128000-9720, 128000-9730, 128000-9740, 128000-9750, 128000-9751, 128000-9752, 128000-9870, 228000-0360, 228000-0361, 228000-0363, 228000-0820, 228000-0821, 228000-0822, 228000-0823, 228000-0830, 228000-0831, 228000-0832, 228000-0833, 228000-0890, 228000-0900, 228000-0901, 228000-0902, 228000-1070, 228000-1071, 228000-1560, 228000-1700, 228000-1800, 228000-2050, 228000-2060, 228000-2061, 228000-2062, 228000-2500, 228000-2890, 228000-2940, 228000-2960, 228000-3010, 228000-3011, 228000-3012, 228000-3013, 228000-3014, 228000-3020, 228000-3021, 228000-3023, 228000-3024, 228000-3030, 228000-3032, 228000-3033, 228000-3210, 228000-3211, 228000-3260, 228000-3390, 228000-3391, 228000-3392, 228000-3393, 228000-3400, 228000-3401, 228000-3402, 228000-3403, 228000-3990, 228000-3991, 228000-3992, 228000-4000, 228000-4001, 228000-4370, 228000-4371, 228000-4372, 228000-4390, 228000-4391, 228000-4650, 228000-4651, 228000-5490, 228000-5670, 228000-5680, 228000-6170, 228000-6172, 228000-6173, 228000-6280, 228000-6281, 228000-6282, 228000-6283, 228000-7200, 228000-7201, 228000-7250, 228000-7260, 228000-7261, 428000-1550
Toyota
28100-01030, 28100-02050, 28100-02060, 28100-03020, 28100-03030, 28100-03070, 28100-03090, 28100-03100, 28100-08020, 28100-16130, 28100-16180, 28100-16220, 28100-16240, 28100-16270, 28100-20553-71, 28100-35060, 28100-35060-84, 28100-35090, 28100-64170, 28100-66040, 28100-66060, 28100-74070, 28100-74090, 28100-74100, 28100-74130, 28100-74140, 28100-74230, 28100-74240, 28100-74260, 28100-74280, 28100-74290, 28100-74291, 28300-22003-71

 

Don't lose a starter much anymore at all? How many miles on your car?

Since everything went to fuel injection years ago I have not replaced a starter.
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Those particular parts could be considered to be wear parts because the heavy amperage arcs across the contacts and burns them. Crank the car 1000 times and the arc happens 1000 times. Fuel injection or not.

 

Can someone identify the correct contact styles from the picture below?

I am thinking 1 each of the first and second from the left.