[V8] no start

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Did you see the 8 volts on the solenoid wire (small one) while cranking?
That sounds a little low. You either have a bad battery or cable I would guess.

The next description of flaky voltage at the main post also says cable/battery -
unless you are measuring at the wire that goes into the motor. In other words,
past the switch which is inside the solenoid. If you are measuring past the
solenoid, you are probably looking at a bad solenoid. Someone just posted about
having burned contacts - and this is the exact symptom.

Dave

Quoting Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>:

> Got the car up and removed the belly pan last night.  No apparent
> interference by snow/ice.  The connections and wires look solid and
> basically clean.
>
> I could see a slight twitch of the starter/solenoid when my helper
> tried to start it so something's trying to happen there, just not sure
> what.
>
> I checked voltage at the starter trigger wire, 8+ volts.  Then at the
> post on the solenoid that supplies the starter with voltage.  That was
> flakey... with the key held in the start position, the voltage would
> initially show 8+ volts then fluctuate, then drop to nothing.  Not
> sure if that's normal or if it matters.
>
> Anyway, I plan to pull the starter tonight.  Bentley says to come from
> behind for the top bolt with an extension and a flex.  Nobody who's
> done the starter has lamented at how difficult it is, so I'll assume
> the flex/extension step is not overly difficult/frustrating.
>
> Ed
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