SOS: SIS (stuck in Saskatchewan)!!

pj_jazzy_janz · Post by **pj_jazzy_janz** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:51 pm

Camping in Buffalo Pound, went to start the van to go down to the beach, and it wouldn't start. Batteries are good, starter isn't. Tried tapping the starter with some implements to encourage it, no luck. Getting towed right away to Moose Jaw.

Does anyone know the North American part no. for the starter? I found:
ME200206
M2T63271
0096020421
LTD01529

None of these meant anything useful to the guy at Partsource. Trying not to panic. Filled the van with camping stuff, not tools, but my brother-in-law seems to have a few things ( socket set, etc) in his truck.

Would really like to be able to go home to Winnipeg on Monday, as planned. Help?

Aaaaaaaand GO!!

Post by **Growlerbearnz** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:16 pm

pj_jazzy_janz wrote:...Aaaaaaaand GO!!

I think I see the trouble. You've got two Mitsubishi Japan numbers there, a truncated Bosch number (with a digit missing), and I have no idea what the LTD one is.

Get the parts guy to try these (knowing what brand each number represents will help):

BOSCH : 0986020421 2042
WOOD AUTO : STR71000
LESTER : 32530
PIC : 103-492
CARGO : 113193
LUCAS ELECTRICAL EUROPE : LRS01529, LRS1529
MITSUBISHI : M2T63271
MITSUBISHI INDUSTRIAL : ME200206

Xpart in ON claim to have the Lester part in stock. Not exactly local though. https://xpart.ca/new-mitsubishi-unit-lester-32530

204explorer · Post by **204explorer** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 8:49 pm

Hope you can making it back to manitoba in time

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Overlanderjay · Post by **Overlanderjay** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:35 pm

Have you checked the fusable link for the starter solnoid its the short 4" wire in the battery compartment on the right side if it goes no power to the starter solnoid .

pj_jazzy_janz · Post by **pj_jazzy_janz** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:02 am

Growlerbearnz wrote: I think I see the trouble. You've got two Mitsubishi Japan numbers there, a truncated Bosch number (with a digit missing), and I have no idea what the LTD one is.

Get the parts guy to try these (knowing what brand each number represents will help):

BOSCH : 0986020421 2042
WOOD AUTO : STR71000
LESTER : 32530
PIC : 103-492
CARGO : 113193
LUCAS ELECTRICAL EUROPE : LRS01529, LRS1529
MITSUBISHI : M2T63271
MITSUBISHI INDUSTRIAL : ME200206

Thanks Growler! I knew the M numbers were Mitsubishi Japan numbers, but after giving him the other numbers and getting nothing, I was willing to try just about anything. I knew one was BOSCH, but had no idea what the LRS meant. Speaking of which, The LTD one was supposed to be the LRS one. As a non-cellphone owner, apparently I am not as good as I assumed I'd be at typing on a screen...

I also apparently just straight-up missed the '8' in the BOSCH number.

So I was borrowing my brother-in-law's phone and there was real spotty service out there in the Buffalo Pound! We ended up having the van towed to Letcher's in Moose Jaw. The mechanic went in and found that the wire to the starter had completely severed!!

According to the gunk built up on most of it, it had been mostly severed for quite some time, and was just doing us the courtesy of holding together until we were one province over! The starter itself, however, was fine. He soldered in a new connector and she started up good as ever!! Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! Wonderful shop, stand-up mechanic: any skin that could be was covered in grease (a good first sign, I thought). He talked me through what he did and what he found and charged me less than $200!! After what we were looking at for a new starter, I was thrilled to have my baby back for that!!! We left Moose Jaw yesterday afternoon and got home just before 1:00 a.m., with some thoroughly passed out children in the back, and the stress and lack of sleep finally catching up to me (I'm quite sure I saw a pirate ship on the side of the Perimeter around Winnipeg

)

Thank you all for your help! I knew I could count on you guys!