I stressed my brain cells trying to figure out what would cause it to work so well but not turn the flywheel. It came down to some dirt/gunk interfering. Since you have your old starter removed, you could just fix it yourself.
Like yours, mine is awkward to handle, due to location and lack of space. I can get one hand in there well, and then fingers of the other hand, ouch! So I used some small lines to suspend it, and some wood pieces to support it sometimes. What a job! As usual, the actual solution was far simpler than I imagined (cleaning). Doing it is not so easy though.. -Neal. Rick Morel wrote: > At 11:20 AM 8/10/2008, "Sea Quell crew." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Thanks everyone for the feedback and ideas. I'd be lost without you! Wow >> if feels like I've been doing push-ups for 24 hours, getting in and out >> of a small space. Unfortunately the problem is not resolved yet.. > > > Neal, > > I don't know if the 4-236 starter is the same as the 4-107/108, but here goes. > > We had the same problem when we first bought 'Valkyrie'. Luckily the > PO had a spare starter, which did and is working fine after more than a year.. > > This starter is reminiscent of the old Ford long shaft starter. It > has a mechanical Bendix. If the starter spins up with that nice > whine, the solenoid is fine and the starter motor is fine. > > The Bendix on our old starter also appeared to throw out when run on > the bench. I couldn't see any reason why it was not working. I hate > to admit I've been trying to get a roundtuit to bring the old one to > a shop for rebuild and stow it as a spare. This has worked several > times in the past, after unsuccessfully trying various things to fix it > myself. > > I know what you mean about getting to the @[EMAIL PROTECTED] thing!! I had to > use > a couple feet of rachet wrench extension to totally remove/replace > the nuts, and reach one-handed to get it off/on. Good thing I have long arms!! > > Rick > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Absolute safety is a concept promoted by those > without the guts to live in the real world. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.1/1607 - Release Date: 8/12/2008 > 7:19 AM > > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
