[C38] eBay Starter?

[tdtron at earthlink.net]

Hello again Dave,

If that starter does fit your engine and it also has the solenoid already
attached, it is a true bargain at $100.

One standard procedure on any part replacement is to lay both old and new
parts beside each other and look for anything that isn't identical.  I once
had a technician in my shop NOT do this on a water pump replacement and the
impeller on a remanufactured pump was a mirror image of what should have
been on the pump.  The car overheated unless it was run at very low RPMs. 
It took a lot of wasted time to finally figure out why that car was still
overheating after the pump replacement and all of other things in the
cooling system checked out OK.

One other word of caution.  Check the starter operation by connecting
jumper cables to the starter, negative cable to the flange and the red
positive cable to the solenoid post.  Have one person hold the starter very
strongly while another person uses a screwdriver or other conductive object
to short between the positive terminal on the solenoid and the small
starter activation wire post.  You may need a small jumper cable to do this
if the screwdriver won't reach between both posts.  This will check the
solenoid and also the starter but hold onto the starter very strongly
because the startup torque is pretty powerful.  A new starter will usually
work but I wouldn't want to go through what it takes to install a starter
on a 5424 and find out it has a problem.  I have seen new starter motors
right out of a box which didn't work. It was usually a defective coil in
the solenoid but it can happen.

Tom Troncalli








> [Original Message]
> From: <david at dlrfilms.com>
> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> Date: 7/7/2011 10:50:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [C38] eBay Starter?
>
> Well the below starter checks out against the engine model number and the
> Universal part number.
>
> FYI, from Universal the starter is ~$2100
>
> From Torrensen Marine the API marine equivelant is $262, plus shipping and
> can't get here till Tuesday at the earliest.
>
> From Crank & Start it's $150 including overnight shipping to arrive
tomorrow.
>
> So against the possiblity of losing/keeping some of this weekend's
> business, I went ahead and ordered it. Cross your finger for me this isn't
> a "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably it is."
>
> The worst of it is, on a typical trip I don't need the motor but for about
> 30 seconds to get around one irksome bend in the channel.
>
> But then we're sailors, and we don't prepare for the typcial day, do we? 
;-)
>
> -David
>
> > Up early worrying about today's adventure. Found this on eBay:
> >
> > http://bit.ly/nqvde6
> >
> > Says Universal M30 5424, but not being an engine guy, I don't know if
that
> > means it will fit.
> >
> > Advice welcome!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> So tomorrow morning I'm down to the boat, wrenches and sockets in hand,
> >> PB
> >> Blaster and a MAP gas torch.
> >>
> >> Wish me luck!
> >>
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