Pinto Car Club of America

I HAVE 1973 PINTO WAGON. WITH A C4 AUTO AND 2.0 .  THE STARTER, SOME TIMES SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A FLAT SPOT ON THE FLEX PLATE. I TOOK THE STARTER OFF AND LOOKED AT THE FLEX AND STARTER.  ALL LOOKS GOOD. I THINK THERE IS NO ENGAGEMENT.  HOW CAN I MAKE IT WORK RIGHT ? COULD I HAVE THE WRONG STARTER?
THANKS

May be a bad starter, and its just not engaging right all the time.  I would get it checked, and if they say it is good, tell them it is intermittent, and get a NEW one.

31 bucks , all done . thanks

Hello Group,
I know this is an old post..
The starter drives on rebuilt Pinto starters are JUNK!!!
Make sure you save your reciepts!!!!
From Pintony

ill follow pintony lead in this old post.
to say this is the biggest pain (other than auto trans) i have ran into in all my time spent with pintos. the first pinto in my life 71 2.0 was going though starters until dad got a starter and flex plate from the same car out of a wrecking yard they lasted the rest of the cars life . about another 15 years. my 75 it was back to same old song and dance a new starter every 2 weeks and flex plate too offen. it took a starter out of a ranger on its way to scrap to fix the prob. the reman starters r junk.  never never never wast ur money on an exside starter. i have found the 91-93 ranger starter to be the best if buying a reman. these u different but they still fit. they have a solenoid on the starter and still take ur norm solenoid too. also even it there not allot of grind on a flex plate dose not mean its the starter not the plate. they do FLEX some times. rather than allow the starter engage.