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Starting Problem & Alternator Wiring - URGENT!!
squaddie_fox:
did you try just skipping the solenoid altogether and putting a screw driver across the terminals? had this problem on my foden. solenoid was knackered but worked on the odd occasion.
TechnoTurkey:
Right, it wasn't starting as the starter had shattered! Now need a new one today!! Might have to buy a brand spanker! :twisted:
TechnoTurkey:
Picture of the damaged starter:
It looked pretty new so could have been a poor quality pattern part?
Very very fortunately I managed to fish the broken bit out of the bell housing by poking a ruler through the starter aperture and removing the little plate at the bottom of the bell housing, it just fit through this gap and appeared to be a clean break. God knows how much trouble I would have been in if I couldn't get it out!
squaddie_fox:
that looks lovely and new, see if you can find a receipt for it. got to be some form of guarantee on it. then you may be able to get a refund, or at least replacement part/store credit..............worth a try??? :-k
Rossko:
By the by, the thin brown wire is the remote voltage sensing for the alternator regulator. In this design, the regulator doesn't look at its own output, it looks at the actual battery terminal voltage which is fed to it via the thin wire. This avoids any small voltage drops in the heavy current-carrying cable.
Sometimes the alternator will have been replaced by an alternate type with only inbuilt voltage sensing, in which case there's nowhere to fit the wire and it can be left off. But insulated cos its battery live!!
cheers, Ross K
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