[C38] Starting woes
Pierre Patino
pierre.patino at gmail.com
Tue May 10 18:31:06 EDT 2011
Thank you all for your excellent suggestions. I have the weekend cut out for
me. I haven't tested the entire electrical path but I wanted to know the
effort in removing the starter in order to budget the rest of my headache.
I'll keep the list informed of my findings.
Cheers
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com> wrote:
> If light are dimmimg, it means that you have the battery switch on the
> "all" position, and still you are not getting enough juice....
> As Les said, you have resistance somewhere on the circuit. When I bought
> Estancia a eight years ago, I had the same starting problem, so I replaced
> the battery wires because they had lots of corrosion, and at the same time I
> cleaned the starter and replaced the solenoid... Problem solved until last
> year...
> I thought it was the starting battery, and turned out to be the battery
> switch... It looked like new, but had a lot of resistance on th "1"
> position... I noticed that when I installed a new Blue sea switch instead of
> the old perko....
>
> Follow Les's advice and check this switch ....
>
> Regards
>
> Max
>
> 2011/5/10 Joseph Launie <jlaunie at cox.net>
>
>> my mechanic solved my starting problem by replacing the solenoid -all I
>> know - I do not understand why engines work Joe
>>
>>
>> On 5/10/2011 8:49 AM, Pierre Patino wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello All
>>
>> My engine is difficult to start. It's the Universal Diesel 5424. I believe
>> it was somewhat rebuilt two or three years ago but I cannot locate the
>> records indicating exactly what was done. According to the service manual,
>> the symptoms indicate a possible starter problem (assuming "bad engine"
>> ain't the cause). Can anyone tell me about how long it takes to replace the
>> starter? I'm somewhat mechanically inclined but no longer a gymnast.
>>
>> Among the symptoms in page 17 of the manual is "[Starter] Pole core screw
>> loose". It seems to me that this would preclude the starter from turning at
>> all, is this correct?
>>
>> By the way, the symptom is: Motor turns very slowly (about once per
>> second) while starting and the cabin lights dim almost to darkness. Brand
>> new batteries too.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>
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