Issue is the solenoid started to chatter and the car won’t turn over.
What I have done:
Going online, everyone seems to say, the solenoid is never the issue, look elsewhere so I did.
I pulled the starter and checked all of the leads, all seem ok. I took jumper cables and jumped the starter and triggered it. It will spin. So I assumed the starter is ok. The trigger lead from the car solenoid to the starter solenoid seemed a bit weak, so I used heavier wire and soldered all connections and reinstalled. No help.
I finally pulled the car solenoid, it has the correct impedance from start post to ground. I can hook up a battery to it and it passes 12.5 volts to the terminal that connects to the starter solenoid trigger. I cleaned everything and reinstalled. No help. I have 12.5 volts to the solenoid. When I trigger the solenoid with a jumper wire from the 12.5 volts in, I still get chatter. Finally, I unhooked the main heavy cable from the solenoid to the starter. Everything else as it should be. The solenoid clicks as it should. EDIT: checked voltage when trying to start and just got chatter, starter pulls it down to 3-5 volt range, unhooked the starter wire at the starter, solenoid works as it should. I am pretty confident the starter is bad. Summit has some reviews on this starter, a dozen 5s and a couple 1s... Linwood had one fail after 15 starts, all were dinged on reliability.
What do I think: I think the starter is drawing too much power. That cuts the solenoid trigger voltage which causes it to chatter. Does this sound logical? What are good 351W hi torque starters besides Ford M11000-B51?
What I have done:
Going online, everyone seems to say, the solenoid is never the issue, look elsewhere so I did.
I pulled the starter and checked all of the leads, all seem ok. I took jumper cables and jumped the starter and triggered it. It will spin. So I assumed the starter is ok. The trigger lead from the car solenoid to the starter solenoid seemed a bit weak, so I used heavier wire and soldered all connections and reinstalled. No help.
I finally pulled the car solenoid, it has the correct impedance from start post to ground. I can hook up a battery to it and it passes 12.5 volts to the terminal that connects to the starter solenoid trigger. I cleaned everything and reinstalled. No help. I have 12.5 volts to the solenoid. When I trigger the solenoid with a jumper wire from the 12.5 volts in, I still get chatter. Finally, I unhooked the main heavy cable from the solenoid to the starter. Everything else as it should be. The solenoid clicks as it should. EDIT: checked voltage when trying to start and just got chatter, starter pulls it down to 3-5 volt range, unhooked the starter wire at the starter, solenoid works as it should. I am pretty confident the starter is bad. Summit has some reviews on this starter, a dozen 5s and a couple 1s... Linwood had one fail after 15 starts, all were dinged on reliability.
What do I think: I think the starter is drawing too much power. That cuts the solenoid trigger voltage which causes it to chatter. Does this sound logical? What are good 351W hi torque starters besides Ford M11000-B51?
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