Starter Problems? 86 505S

Carl (ginz@earthlink.net)
Tue, 02 Sep 1997 23:11:21 -0500

Hi all,
Well my 86 505s XN6 gave me 6000 trouble free miles, and now the
fun has started again. First the brakes completely went out on me while
driving to work the other day. Talk about a scary situation, it turned
out to be the master cylinder.
The new problem seems to be with the starter. Heres what it does and
what I have done.

I turn the key and nothing happens, I can hear the fuel pump humming so
I know there is power.

I checked the battery and it is fully charged. I checked the cables to
the battery and the starter and cleaned up all the connections. All
seems fine there.

When the motor does turn over it turns very sluggishly.

I banged on the starter and that seemed to help it out. I dont think
that remedy will fix my problem though.

Any ideas? Starter? How hard is it to change the starter? How much is
a starter?
Anyone have a used starter?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Carl...