RE: JPOR: Starter woes
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RE: JPOR: Starter woes
Have you tried connecting up a remote starter button and seeing if it starts
okay? You could have a defective ignition switch that is not supplying
enough current to the starter solenoid, or dropping current to the hold-in
windings of the starter solenoid too soon.
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I'm nearing my wit's end here. Maybe you guys can help.
(No smart remarks, please.)
I wrote on another list:
>> All of a sudden today, my starter decided to make a loud, growling
>> noise when I tried to start my '77 Wag (401/TH400). It's never even
>> made the slightest growling noise before, so it struck me as odd that
>> the drive gear teeth were all chewed up when I removed the starter.
>> The flex plate teeth were fine, fortunately.
>>
>> Anyway, $6.99 and two hours later, I had a new drive assembly installed
>> and the outside of the starter all clean and grease-free.
>
> Well, that wasn't the problem. Reinstalled the starter, and the same
> growling/grumbling/grinding noise occurs. Turns out it's coming from
> the solenoid, not the starter. The stock solenoid passed the ohmmeter
> tests listed in the TSM. My voltmeter shows 12.2V between the rear &
> front terminals of the solenoid. I replaced the solenoid, and got no
> response whatsoever. No starting, no noise, nothing. Replaced it again
> with another new one, and now I'm back to the same growling/grumbling/
> grinding I had before.
>
> I had the starter tested at Advance Auto. They said it made more
> noise than it was supposed to, but it spun just fine & the amp draw
> was right where it should have been (pegging the meter & then dropping
> off over 3 seconds of simulated cranking).
>
> The drive assembly I installed earlier turned a lot harder on the
> shaft than did the old one I removed. The old one almost freewheeled
> when I spun it, but the new one requires a decent 2-finger grip on the
> gears to spin it by hand. Still, it seemed to work when tested by
> Advance.
>
> Any ideas what might be wrong? The battery is fine (12.2V). Even
> tried the good Optima from my YJ with identical results. What might
> cause a grinding/grumbing/growling noise from the solenoid? It sounds
> kinda like you're dropping walnut shells into a hand-operated meat
> grinder.
-- Obi-Wan
'95.5 YJ, '77 Wag lawn ornament
--
Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth obiwan@jedi.com
"You know, he kind of looks like Yoda" -- Jim Davis, about my baby Micah
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