One more common thing that happens, especially in climates where corrosion is abundant, is that the short, large gauge, BARE wire from the solenoid to the starter corrodes away. When you get a new starter coat and seal that wire with liquid wire protection to prevent this in the future.
On 2012-11-12, at 8:43 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > It is very common for these starters to fail this way. For whatever = > reason either the solenoid does not move or the contacts gets messed up = > causing a no turn over. Bad brushes/commutator can also be a problem. To = > properly troubleshot, get meter connected to solenoid trigger wire and = > ground. Have someone turn key to start. If voltage is there (10.5+) the = > solenoid should pull in and it should try to start. If no or very low = > voltage then you have a wiring problem. Of course you can change parts = > and add modifications until it works. But really try to diagnose what is = > happening and using a meter is the way to do it.=20
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