TBirdDriver
Registered User
A starter is a starter is a starter...right?
This does not pertain to my SC but to my boat, but I'm sure it can apply to our SC's as well.
Pretty basic questions really. When I went to start the boat, the starter clicks, but will not turn over. (New battery, good connections).
If I bang on the starter with a hammer, it will engage and turn over.
This engine is a 1995 350 Magnum with only 340 hours on the engine.
What causes this?
Do solenoids go bad over time, even with little use?
Aren't solenoids basically electromagnets that just move a plunger to engage and disengage the starter gear?
Could the plunger just need grease to free it up, or do you think it's shot?
If it were my SC, I would just buy a new starter, but they want $250.00 for this one.
(I was thinking of matching it with one from an auto parts store, however this is for a marine application. The starter is in an enclosed area subject to gasoline fumes, and I am told that marine starters are closed and isolated from electrical sparks.)
This does not pertain to my SC but to my boat, but I'm sure it can apply to our SC's as well.
Pretty basic questions really. When I went to start the boat, the starter clicks, but will not turn over. (New battery, good connections).
If I bang on the starter with a hammer, it will engage and turn over.
This engine is a 1995 350 Magnum with only 340 hours on the engine.
What causes this?
Do solenoids go bad over time, even with little use?
Aren't solenoids basically electromagnets that just move a plunger to engage and disengage the starter gear?
Could the plunger just need grease to free it up, or do you think it's shot?
If it were my SC, I would just buy a new starter, but they want $250.00 for this one.
(I was thinking of matching it with one from an auto parts store, however this is for a marine application. The starter is in an enclosed area subject to gasoline fumes, and I am told that marine starters are closed and isolated from electrical sparks.)