Greg I had a similar thing in the past. The problem turned out to be the starter bearing mounted in the engine casing. It had worn away to nothing at one side and was causing the motor to run at an angle. New bearing (cheap) and a small repair to the alloy engine caseing and all was well again. Martin At 10:05 14/03/00 -0800, Greg wrote: > Greetings, List Members Is there usually any warning when a starter is >on it's way out? Does it make any different sounds or is there any way of >telling it's time to replace before getting stranded? TIA, Greg |
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