**Fixed*** Blazer dead. Starter needed asap

[MT4222]

Hi I'm sorry to post so frantically but my m1009 is dead on the side of the road. I need a starter. I am in michigan. I am on highway 127. Mile marker 83. If anyone has a starter I have cash available now. Thank you.

 

[MT4222]

Call me at 734 612 0544 please

 

[doghead]

Your starter went bad as you were driving down the highway?

 

[MT4222]

No. We were convoying my deuce the m1009 a bunch of pickups. The deuce blew a tire. We pulled over and changed the tire. When it was time to get moving the blazer wouldnt start. My uncle has a starter he is on his way up now.

 

[o1951]

Often starter suddenly dies like that due to worn brushes. Old mechanic's trick - hit the side of the starter - jars brushes and usually you can get a few more starts out of it - gets you to where it can be replaced.

 

[swbradley1]

Ditto on the old mechanics trick. Some days I think my backhoe is that way and I remove the cover and tap on it and she starts right up.

 

[MT4222]

New starter installed. Truck started perfectly I hear a noise. Starter didnt shut off. Time to do the doghead starter relay? I disconnected the batteries in time and saved the new starter.

 

[RedneckMilenko]

you can still get home. Leave the relay hanging, after it satrs pull the relay out of the harness and you'll be good. I had to do that going home from work a year ago before I did the relay mod.

 

[MT4222]

Are you shure this wont harm anything?

 

[Warthog]

Glad you saved the new starter. I would bet the relay stuck while you where driving and the starter was just spinning along.

There are naysayers about the relay upgrade but I have seen way too many OEM relays fail.

 

[Skinny]

I don't know how there can be naysayers when this stuff happens??? It's a much needed upgrade.

Even though you were stuck on the side of the road, you are very lucky something more catastrophic did not happen.

 

[swbradley1]

That's good news.

 

[patracy]

Are you shure this wont harm anything?

Yes.

 

[MT4222]

Thank you everyone. Both vehicles are safe at the campground. All of your kindess is greatly appreciated.

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

I don't know how there can be naysayers when this stuff happens??? It's a much needed upgrade.

Apparently some people believe that at some point, the relay problem was solved and trucks started getting a new, more reliable relay. Thus, they reason that there is no reason to do the doghead unless you have a problem.

I don't know if they are right about the relay problem getting solved or not.

I DO know that I don't agree with their reasoning. Waiting until you have destroyed a $200 starter or fried a bunch of expensive wiring to find out you need a $17 relay is not my idea of good sense.


Glad you're up and running and home! I've been beside the road more than once, and it's not a good feeling at all.