Nissan: Starter or solenoid ?

In article <2jTVb.95354$tampabay.rr.com>,
nospamrr.com says... 

Cables? Check your cables to the starter as well as your ground. Starting
requires a fair amount of current but if your cables are corroded you cannot
pass enough current to start. Begin there then take a look at the starter. Not
familiar with Nissan starters so I cannot advice on solenoid versus starter.
Some are integral.

Glenn

docfl wrote:
 

Cables. My guess is someone has installed those "temporary repair ends" on
the battery cables at some point. What you described doesn't sound like a
starter.

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Steve

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In article <dSTVb.28400$fZ6.19470@lakeread06>, letsrig@c+o+x.net says... 

Make sure the terminals are clean where there clamp onto the battery posts.
Take a knife and scrape the top gray layer off so that it looks silvery. You
can get battery termina/post cleaner doohickeys but knife a works just fine.

Glenn

The best way to tell if this is the problem is to turn on the headlights and
then dig a screwdriver in across the gap between the terminal clamp and the
post. If you see the lights get brighter then you found your problem and if
you have another person you can start the car while doing this. If this
doesn't work you can use jumper cables to parallel the cables by going from
the negative terminal to chassis ground or from the positive terminal to the
starter solenoid.

"Glenn Woodell" <letsrig@c+o+x.net> wrote in message
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My guess is the contacts on the starter are worn out. Have someone hold the
key in the start position while you give the starter solenoid a good whack
with a hammer. The contacts are cheap and easy to change provided access to
the starter is good.

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