Car Corner: Starter Maintenance

A Community College of Philadelphia CCPTV production.

[chelseagarrett]

You are absolutely the best Auto mechanic teacher I've seen on You tube. You're so well-spoken and give clear, concise instruction that a DIYer can easily follow along. Thanks!

[FRANKSBESEK]

Hello Dan. What an absolute joy to watch. You don't skip a beat. Explanatory as one could possibly be. You hit every aspect of what to do as well as what not to do. And the reasoning for all of that. God Bless and stay well. Thank you sir.

[bakermark]

This guy right here!!!! Big Dan the Man!!! Another EXCELLENT and well defined instructional video my friend!!!! Awesome lesson👍🏾💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[stevemichaels]

I am 60+ years old, Car Corner did an OUTSTANDING JOB on this video. I learned about rebuilding cars back in the early 70's. When you opened the hood in those days you saw an actual motor and the front of the motor faced the front of the car. My first car was a 1965 Ford Fairlane 302 with a manual 4 speed hurst shifter. Thanks CarCorner great job !.

[rubenvergara]

This instructor is on of the best on the field. I like the clear way to explain technical concepts.

[jeffkelley]

Very well done. I love the way Dan goes into details about the operation, components, installation, and safety precautions to use when working with starters. Little has changed with starters since I first started working with them in the 70's. I still learned, and remembered a few things as he gave his presentation. Good job, Dan.

[sumanlimbu]

like how you touch the history of how starter came rather than going straight to topic itself.great in depth video on starter for a beginner like myself. learnt so much today .thank you for this amazing video.

[ramkorunvinod]

hello Dan I was very interested to become a car mechanic but due to curcumstances unfavourable I had to quite . you explain every parts in deeper explanation in every details. congradulation

[josevelazquez]

The best class I ever seen amazing everything clear and consistent explain thank you Dan I really appreciate your time and dedication. God bless America.

[kingchispas]

I absolutely learn more in this video than an entire day searching other YouTube tutorials .
Like other have mentioned, you are absolutely great at explaining things .
Now back to my starting problem in my ‘67 Cadillac .

[lastdaysrevival]

I watched half a dozen video on how to test my starter motor which non of them were quite helpful. This video brought so much detail and clarity on the process that I would have happily paid someone to teach me this. Thanks mate for your great work.

[beachboy]

Wow, that covers the reason for having one, how to build one, the complete wiring set up, and so much good safety advice. I now know why my cars only starts in park or neutral, and the dangers of permanent battery connection. Take heed.. a few years back my live wire came into contact with the hot exhaust manifold whilst I was trying to reroute it and within seconds there were flames out of the engine bay. Luckily we had a fire extinguisher to hand and were also able to quickly disconnect the battery. A few more seconds and the fuel line would have melted and the whole car and garage would have gone up in smoke

[johntrauger]

Automotive starter motors are wired as a series DC motor which has the highest starting torque of all the DC winding configurations. That, and the gear ratio between the starter pinon gear and the flywheel ring gear makes turning any engine over easy street.

The series electrical connection is from the positive battery terminal, through the solenoid main contact (one), onward through one carbon motor brush, the commutator segment and windings (armature), through the series field windings, and out the other commutator segment and brush back and to the battery negative. The armature winding and field windings are in series.

Don't mean to be annoying, just love revisiting my past work life.

[stTHINGSstZINX]

I just love it when a job’s well done. Great job, Sir! Clarity incorporated into conciseness. Our public schools and even our colleges should have more teachers and professors like you.

Thank you so much for giving me a little more insight into to the starting system operation!

[sidkul]

This is what I call “Responsible Learning”. Learning things by knowing all that needs to be known, and starting with the “History and Origin of Things” is very responsible and honorable indeed. It’s paying homage and respect to those that made our lives easy and as it is

[bgates]

Brilliant! Dan is knowledgeable and thorough. Community college is so worth the funding.

[speedball]

I'm attempting this tomorrow morning on this exact vehicle. I hope it goes as smooth as you make it look, for me. one thing i will say before i even attempt this you have given me confidence to try to at least fix it on my own so thank you for this great video. ill edit when I'm done

EDIT: went great took me a lil under an hour to finish the job working off my back with no helper for socket changes etc.. thanks for the video !

[ricardotrujillo]

Good day, thanks for sharing knowledge young man. God bless you and your family and business. Keep on giving knowledge, giving is better than receiving, blessings and happy holidays.

[DAhonda]

You seriously need to start your own YouTube channel, and if you already have one could you please direct me to it. You’re an awesome teacher and instructor.

[PetsNPatients]

Wow, that's so difficult to maneuver around. My dad was a master mechanic trained in the Navy as ship's mechanic of USS Saratoga. All I remember with his service station, was his neck aching. So this really shows the tight spots mechanics get into, much respect.