Silver_Truck

So I started having starter problems after jumping around in the dunes so I figured it was a loose connection, it worked fine when I got home and then it failed me completely last weekend after going through some mud;

How do I prevent this from happening again? The mud caked in it at least.

jimbo74

dont go mudding

isnt there some sort of cover that goes over that?

Silver_Truck

yes, thats with the cover off...shouldn't there be a gasket or something to keep crap out? Mine didn't have one and my replacement didn't either. how do those mud bogger guys keep mud out of theirs?

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

good advice

KevyWevy

pardon my ignorance, but what the hell is it?

heddleston

That’s the starter. I just replaced the contacts in my dad's 94 pickup and everything was clean. There was a black rubber gasket on his and the contact had a small round rubber seal. I really didn't see anywhere that mud could get in to the contacts unless it could somehow come in through the breather(s) I can't remember if there were two. Your picture is surprising, that’s a lot of mud. Was the starter ever submerged in muddy water?

Silver_Truck

it drove through water but not submerged in it.

4Crawler

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Either get/make a gasket ot seal it up with some RTV.

Mudfreak

Mudding > *

Bigblock

silicone it up.dont put a new starter on it just replace the contacts that are in your pic and it'll be good as new.