Starting Woes
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:34 pm
FYI my preference is for more detail rather than less...
So here it goes...
The Bendix/solenoid had slowly been dying in my '68 W300 with a 225 slant six. 2 years ago I purchased a rebuilt starter from Napa. Upon installation the starter did not function. I behaved as if I had a dead battery-it would just turn the motor over real slow. I ultimately ended up swapping the solenoid from the new starter onto the motor of the old starter. The truck started just fine. I chalked it up to a low quality rebuild and tossed the new Napa starter into my pile of cores. Fast forward to this weekend when my new solenoid/old starter began to behave the same... slow turning, lots of clicking...no truck starting.
I have several trucks, I took the battery from my W300 and placed it into a D100 and the D100 started fine. It's not the battery
I pulled a starter relay from a parts truck and it behaved the same. I doubt it's the relay.
The battery voltage is the same from the battery terminal to the terminal on the relay, to the terminal on the starter.
There is less than 5 ohms resistance from the negative terminal of the battery to the case of the starter.
I can bypass the key/ignition system and the truck will still not turn over-it behaves the same-lots of clicking and no starting.
I pulled the (new) solenoid, dissembled it, took some sand paper to the contacts and put it back together. Verifying that when it's engaged the circuit that directs 12 volts to the starter motor is complete.
I'm at a loss. What am I missing? It's not a GM starter that has to be shimmed, it pilots off of the nose. What else can I check? What other starter can I use?
I've spent the weekend prepping the truck for a trip and this happens at the last minute. No one has a new starter available until the end of the week, which is too late.
So here it goes...
The Bendix/solenoid had slowly been dying in my '68 W300 with a 225 slant six. 2 years ago I purchased a rebuilt starter from Napa. Upon installation the starter did not function. I behaved as if I had a dead battery-it would just turn the motor over real slow. I ultimately ended up swapping the solenoid from the new starter onto the motor of the old starter. The truck started just fine. I chalked it up to a low quality rebuild and tossed the new Napa starter into my pile of cores. Fast forward to this weekend when my new solenoid/old starter began to behave the same... slow turning, lots of clicking...no truck starting.
I have several trucks, I took the battery from my W300 and placed it into a D100 and the D100 started fine. It's not the battery
I pulled a starter relay from a parts truck and it behaved the same. I doubt it's the relay.
The battery voltage is the same from the battery terminal to the terminal on the relay, to the terminal on the starter.
There is less than 5 ohms resistance from the negative terminal of the battery to the case of the starter.
I can bypass the key/ignition system and the truck will still not turn over-it behaves the same-lots of clicking and no starting.
I pulled the (new) solenoid, dissembled it, took some sand paper to the contacts and put it back together. Verifying that when it's engaged the circuit that directs 12 volts to the starter motor is complete.
I'm at a loss. What am I missing? It's not a GM starter that has to be shimmed, it pilots off of the nose. What else can I check? What other starter can I use?
I've spent the weekend prepping the truck for a trip and this happens at the last minute. No one has a new starter available until the end of the week, which is too late.