| About to get a cheap starter [message #358600] |
Mon, 14 September 2020 07:40  |
hertfordnc
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Registered: September 2009
Location: East NC
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So in another thread about the right alternator i had a side conversation with Matt in which he said:
"Our starters are specific to the 425 transmission and that have been out of production for 40 years. The dangerous thing about them is that they were really too robust. They keep trying to work when they should have given up. This means that when they finally quit, they are long past quick "get you home" fixes. When they do start to have trouble (take this as serious advice), they behave just like that bad electrical connection in the starter circuit that you have been meaning to look after but she usually cranks for you. Right up until she doesn't."
He was clairvoyant. I think that exact thing was happening at that moment. I am just now bringing this coach out of mothballs. In that situation you can't tell is something is really broken or if it's just like most of us, a little stiff.
SO it was randomly not starting and i was chasing battery connections until finally it would not start at all. Big click, solenoid is warm. Pretty sure it's the starter.
I'm going with a cheap reman from autozone because i want it NOW.
Anything i should know?
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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