Re: When It Rains, It's Dead!

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Ericson" <lowvolt@domain.elided>
To: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>; "Binder@domain.elided"
<binder@domain.elided>; "IHC Digest" <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 09:53
Subject: Re: When It Rains, It's Dead!


> Pete-
>
> You are seeing a dead short across the solenoid. Replace or rebuild the
> starter and solenoid. This is an intermittent problem, which is common for
> this type of starter. It is not caused by the rain. While you're at it,
> check the battery cables.
>
> I recommend the remote solenoid fix as well. It makes replacing and
> troubleshooting starter circuits easier, and one of the most common
failures
> in these starters is that they hang. By removing the ability to keep
turning
> the starter when this happens, there are far fewer failures.
>
> -Allan
>

My problem was just not getting a strong enough signal to the starter (the
problem the remote solenoid fixes, I know).  I'll go remote solenoid
whenever I do have to get the starter rebuilt, but I think bypassing the
relay is a much quicker test at least to see where the problem might be.

-Ryan