Posted by T in NE on September 12, 2014 at 21:52:59 from (75.238.29.143):
05 Duramax, starter doesn't engage and just grinds occasionally. Try again, cranks. Or grinds, then shut off, turn on quickly, cranks.
Think we found the problem. Key cylinder locked up the other day. Needs to turn to 'crank' to be removed. Boss started after it with a drill, bit grabbed and started truck, so it went to the dealer to get fixed.
Hopefully the switch was the cause of the starter issue.
Anyone else ever ran into that? About 1120,000 on it now, but been doing it since high in the 80,000's. 2 new starters didn't help any.
Another thing, the 03 had a steering box leak. Pump burned itself up before priming. With the bad pump, there's limited brakes due to the hydroboost, and no brakes to speak of at idle. Dealer says a new pump is pretty well standard with a new steering box on them.
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