John, If your going to spend that much money on a charge, most of the 10 amp chargers will charge a battery over night and cost about 39 to 49.95. Be careful on a trickle charge charging all the time at 1 to 1.5 amps. If it doesn't have an automatic cut off it will ruin the battery. The starters we rebuild have a 5 year warranty at 189.95. John Hervey Delorean Auto Parts -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Rydholm Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:20 AM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Re: Starting problem? I'm pretty sure the starter is my own problem; my D has been sitting for about a month, but amazingly the lights still work. I went out and purchased a decent auto-float/deep charger from Sears to keep my battery healthy (which I should get out there and hook up after work later.) My battery is only about a year and a half old as well, and is one of those nice heavy-duty, Auto Zone batteries. Amazingly enough, the lights still come on when I open the door. Back in late Dec./early Jan. my starter sounded like something was spinning and rattling inside. I'd love to see what the inside of *my* solenoid looks like after 20-some years! Probably like the pics John Hervey has of old, burnt ones posted on his site. Anyways, I was able to pick up a rebuilt starter from Lawrence Lormand up in Dearborn. -thank you again, Lawrence! So I'm just waiting for all the crappy snow to melt in my driveway. -I don't relish the idea of changing the starter with wet snow under my back. :) The nice thing is, the weather is warming up for a change in Kansas City. One ironic yet funny thought, my charger cost around $88 dollars. But there's my two cents for today. -John #10715 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@...> wrote: > > > I have read the other responses and the only thing I could add - is - > consider that your "new" battery may not be as new as you think. BTW > most fully drained (if it didn't freeze) one year old battery should > come back to life with a few days of medium charging. > > I would have the new battery checked completely and be sure you have > the cables connected firmly. > > If there is still no turn you will have to start by checking the > power to the starter, the grounds, the start relay, solenoid, etc., > etc., even the ignition switch until you find the weak or broken > component. > > Harold McElraft - 3354 > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "coreysmoo" <coreysmoo@> wrote: > > > > Hi all... > > > > OK, here's the situation. I put the D in the garage for "winter > > hibernation" sometime in December when the first snow started > > falling here in Chicago. > > > > > I turn the key and > > absolutely nothing happenes. > > > > Could it be the starter? What do you guys think? > > > > Corey > > 2423 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/