No power to starter motor

[trippivot]

bad eggs is what a battery smells like just before it explodes.

not sulfer, but a burning metallic smell is the starter motor brushes burning / welding themselves to the commontating area of the armature.


if you catch it soon enough you may save yourself a hundie or two.

 

[Trevor76]

I'll pull the starter motor next time I have a chance, probably tomorrow evening. In the meantime I'll read the Clymer to familiarize myself with the process of pulling it. To be honest I will probably buy a replacement instead of a rebuild kit, those kits start at $25 +S&H and it looks as if a working motor can be had for not much more. I could always hang on to the broken one and rebuild it for fun over the winter.

originally posted by trippivot:
bad eggs is what a battery smells like just before it explodes.

Okay that freaks me out. I really only smell that odor when I am trying to run the starter, but I guess it could possibly be coming from the battery...maybe the increased load of trying to turn over the starter is causing the battery to work harder...

Nothing about the battery looks unsafe or defective, but then I really don't know much about batteries. What should I look for?

 

[koolaid_kid]

The first thing you need to do is fix the starter. The collective has already determined it is bad. It is entirely possible that the starter is shorting to ground, which would severely overtax the battery.
Peel away the layers of the onion one at a time. Starter first, battery investigation second. JMHO.

 

[Trevor76]

New starter motor won on Ebay, I'll post continued progress on my other electrical thread I have going.

Thanks for all of the replies.

 

[Steve]

That was an excellent writeup (IMO).
Ken

Would have been that much better if he had used all the keys at his disposal on his keyboard.

I only got part-way through it, found it too hard to read because of all the "texting" lingo.

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