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My day of troubleshooting tells me that I have a bad starter. When the
starter is engaged by the key, the solenoids click and the starter
itself makes a loud click but does not turn. The same starter click
happens when jumping across the solenoid. I can turn the crankshaft
with a wrench, so it's not locked up (thank God). The starter has not
exactly been what I would call 'strong' for the year I have owned the
coach anyway, and it looks plenty old, so I am thinking it just gave up
the ghost.

Agree/disagree?

Scott Forman
86 PT38
Memphis

Scott: Try clamping a heavy jumper cable from the starter housing to
a good battery ground...easy to do and is an additional way to rule
out have a bad ground.

Dick Gideon
1989 35FC
Rolla, MO

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
wrote:
>
> My day of troubleshooting tells me that I have a bad starter. When
the
> starter is engaged by the key, the solenoids click and the starter
> itself makes a loud click but does not turn. The same starter
click
> happens when jumping across the solenoid. I can turn the
crankshaft
> with a wrench, so it's not locked up (thank God). The starter has
not
> exactly been what I would call 'strong' for the year I have owned
the
> coach anyway, and it looks plenty old, so I am thinking it just
gave up
> the ghost.
>
> Agree/disagree?
>
> Scott Forman
> 86 PT38
> Memphis
>