you dont ... you get a new starter motor because your cylinoid is busted ..... == A better answer is you let it sit for half an hour or more while the starter cools down. It will start again when the engine cools down. The starter heats up from starting, the engine conducting heat, and from being next to the exhaust manifold. Cheap starter rebuilders do not leave enough room for thermal expansion. You have a rebuilt starter. ALWAYS insist on a BOSCH starter! You do need a new starter. I went through 2 starters before I found this out. Automatic transmission starters suffer from heat-soak, especially as they age. VW knew about this, issued a technical bulletin about it and installed hot-start relay kits on affected cars. You can easily do it yourself: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2593146 ; be sure the heat-shield is in-place as well.
Located on top of the starter
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Where's the starter cylinder on my 97 escort
The starter solenoid is attached to the starter.
it on the starter
The solonoid should be under the car by the starter. Just follow the positive battery wire down to the starter.
The word you're looking for is solenoid.
Front of the transmition
check your ign. fuse. sounds like the starter cylinoid, but first make sure the battery is not dead(good head lights)check connections for corrosion and snug fittings. the cylinoid is located on the starter.the red wire from the battery goes to it.the problem could also be in the switch.to find where the problem is you will need to test power to the s termanal at the cylinoid with the switch in the "start position" if you have voltage when trying to start will indicate a bad cylinoid no voltage at start is a bad switch or wireing to the starter.
It could either be a starter gone bad or it could be a bad cylinoid. If the starter motor does not spin that would cause the engine not to turn over. The best thing is to buy the cylinoid first then if that does not work replace the starter motor. It never hurts to replace both.
The starter relay ( solenoid ) is mounted near the battery on the inside of the drivers side fender
You shim the starter motor if there is inadequate clearance between the starter drive and the ring gear. You can check the clearance by prying the starter drive out to the ring gear with a screwdriver to see if the gears mesh properly.