2000 V70 Anybody in Greater Toronto Area have a starter?

Herb Goltz · Post by **Herb Goltz** » 02 Jan 2015, 17:26

Hi All:

I am in sudden need of a starter for my 2000 V70 N/A here north of Toronto. Neither Partssource nor Canadian Tire carry them anymore and my car is sitting in a stranger's driveway (went there to buy some snow tires for my wife's car, where it promptly died!).

If you have one, please PM me-- I'd like to get this sorted out ASAP!

Thanks!

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 02 Jan 2015, 17:57

I think most of the 850 starters will fit it as well. There is some weird California starter but, perhaps with some bracket swapping, you can get a standard 850 starter to work.

...Lee

Herb Goltz · Post by **Herb Goltz** » 03 Jan 2015, 10:30

Thanks Lee-- got one locally from an 850-- swapped the bracket and it went in fine (same part number on the starter itself).

Strangely, it looks like the failure was a break in the pigtail from the solenoid to the starter.

Glad to have this sorted!

Post by **abscate** » 03 Jan 2015, 12:01

That's a common cause of "sudden starter failure" rather than the " gradually dying" kind

Herb Goltz · Post by **Herb Goltz** » 03 Jan 2015, 12:39

Interesting-- in 30+ years of cars I've never had one go like that...

Are you the same abscate from The Samba? My other car is a '69 Ghia.