starter noise, doesn't start

[zonie77]

Luey,

You're gonna have to trouble shoot it like it was a new problem, while paying attention to what you had apart. Check the cables and if they are fine I think you'll have to pull the starter and have it tested. (Double check cable to starter before you pull starter.)

[GreenMachine]

Originally Posted by dkozloski

My theory is that he's got a wire pinched somewhere or a loose, high resistance connection that is heating a terminal and thus the smoke and no crank. It's also possible that something is bound up and putting such a load on the starter that it cooked the solenoid. Time will tell.

now see you could have said thay rather than saying he dropped the ball I'm guessing he was already on the end of his fuse ready to blow and the comment sent him over.

[ewill3rd]

Okay, sorry for the misread.
I guess I had a rough morning.

No harm no foul.
I think we are still waiting to hear where this one is at?

[dkozloski]

GreenMachine, Once again I apologize for not being entirely clear in my statements. It was meant as a self deprecating remark as I am a charter member of the club. I am my own worst enemy in matters of this kind.

[Ranger]

I do not want to get this thread going in the wrong direction or Luey will never get any help, but I just reread Kozloski's first response and I did not see anything that warranted the response he got from Luey. Nuff said. Lets get this thread back on target in a civil manner.

[dkozloski]

Back to business. If I were doing the work I would go looking for the source of the smoke. You didn't do anything abusive to produce smoke from a properly operating starter. When you find what burned for whatever reason you'll be well on your way to a fix.

[ewill3rd]

I am not so sure the smoke is really coming into play... how much smoke are we talking about?
Also if it backfired it could have popped out of the backfire valve and caused smoke. Not to mention if he was cranking with the fuel system still activated it would have left lots of fumes in the intake.

I am still witholding further judgement until we hear back from the original poster on what he has or has not found.

[Rob Benham]

It's a superb bit of kit, but very small. Do the useual things like clear the comm gaps etc.

As a precaution, I ran a [hi temp] wire out and taped it safe. If I get another mystery failure, I can check the voltage from the output of the solenoid.

If you have done timeserts, you will not be lubing the sliding cog with anything but a tad of graphite...will you?

Good luck.