Start problem

[Jeff_Ragsdale]

I know the answer to this is somewhere in the forum, but I have read posts until my eyes are rolling up in my head with nothing quite like this one. It begins with what may be unrelated problems. The car is a 1982 911SC with what is probably an OEM Bosch starter.

First, when starting the car after sitting a couple of days the starter remained engaged even after turning off the ignition switch and removing the key. In other words, the starter kept spinning uncommanded. When I switched the ignition back to the "run" position the engine started and ran.

Second, while driving cross country from northwest Colorado to Missouri I stopped for gas after a nearly 4-hour leg. Upon attempting to restart I got nothing. Maybe a slight click, but there was a lot of noise at the truck stop. The lights burned brightly, but no starter action when turning the key. I shanghaied a couple of young truckers to give me a push to pop the clutch and drove the rest of the way home without shutting it off. Of course, when I got home three hours later it started just fine.

Ideas?

[77targa]

try testing the starter relay then check the starter solonoid. then check the ignition (wich is usually unlikley(

[Gunter]

What starter relay?
The Solenoid is the starter relay.
Sounds like it's acting up.
After so many years of service, it's time to take the starter off for a rebuild.
Removing it is a little tricky because of the Allen barrel nut on top.
Do a search on how to.