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Old 01-16-2008, 12:29 AM
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kelly is the man!

I was having starter motor woes when I read Kelly's post. It took a while to realise that my solenoid had worn in exactly the same way his had - obvious in retrospect. My symptom was - total-nonaction when starter pressed, but amps went -15.
I removed and serviced the starter motor and solenoid, and yes, it ran on the bench, but not reinstalled. So I spaced the major contacts with some spacer (cut from a plastic lid of a coffee can actually) and bingo - no more problems. I couldn't believe how primitive that mechanism is, but hey, it works.
So thanks to Kelly. Now, onto the next job...
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