Yesterday evening, we were going out to Wednesday races. I pulled on the starter knob for my M-18 diesel and nothing. I had good voltage on the batteries, the starter switch was good but no response from the starter. So we went to plan B, sit at the dock and drink a few beers.
This morning I went out with the intention of pulling the starter and taking it to an auto electric shop. I decided to try a high tech fix before removing the alternator and oil filter to get at the starter. I took a large wrench and tapped the starter a couple of times. By now you can guess what happened, the starter and solenoid worked just fine, the engine cranked normally and started. I went through this same drill about 5 or 6 years ago. I took the starter to a shop, they checked it out and said both the starter and solenoid were fine. I told them to put a new solenoid on as that seem to me to be the most likely culprit. I'm sure that would be the same diagnostics if I took it back now. Any thoughts on this? I'm definitely not a starter mechanic. John Emmerich C27TR
