Worth rebuilding the starter motor ?

Hi guys - popping in for a friend again

Popped round to see his 2000 90 TD5 as he was having intermittant non start issues.

When it does not start there is just a loud clonk noise from the starter motor so im assuning it having internal issues.

Its getting a solid battery voltage to the main stud and hitting it with a hammer seems to have no effect.

Thought id try and undo the 13mm nut to clean the connections up but seems that the stud all the wires mount to wants to trun on its own and guessing it should not do this. Having done this it then started everytime so guessing this is the issue rather than the starter itself ?

If so is it something that can be fixed ? I get the feeling that trying to undo the nut fully will either snal the stud off or its just going to spin so something will need cutting off

Is it a replaceable part and has anyone delt with this before as we would rather have a plan of attack rather than break it and then decide what to do :lol:

My local auto electrician recons tons of starters for me but mine are usually fkd by the fuel valve dripping diesel on em causing the dredded clonk non start
I would ask your local guy for a price to sort it, should be a cheap fix in most cases

If turning the stud fixed it then most likely the contact inside had been spark eroded, turning it obviously turned it to a point where this wear was less or possibly non existent, it may now last for years.

Dead common fault with td5 starters, you can get the solenoid contacts off of ebay.

starters are easy to strip and rebuild.

Here you go.
Hardest job is getting the starter off the engine.

LANDROVER DISCOVERY TD5 DIESEL FULL STARTER SOLENOID KIT C/W SPRING - BOLTS etc | eBay

Full Denso Starter Solenoid Contact Repair Kit Landrover Defender Discovery TD5 | eBay

LANDROVER DEFENDER TD5 STARTER MOTOR SOLENOID REPAIR KIT 98 on 228000-7220 | eBay

Just a few I found in no particular order.

Ta for all the advice

After running through it all with him speed was of the essence as he was losing money daily due to it not starting at all now.

He managed to collect a new starter from Devon4x4 so thats been fitted and we will rebuild the old one and keep as a spare when we have some spare time