Juliet 15
Senior Member
Greetings all. Haven't seen this one before, and I think I've seen a few starter problems in my time. Before I swap out a 70lb starter I thot id see if anyone had other ideas.
Was headed out on an end-of-summer trip with some friends. Started port engine no worries. Tried to start stbd side. Click. .
The engines share the same battery bank. These batteries are 1 year old and test great. The port starts multiple times w/no issues. Stbd won't turn over more than 1/4 turn.
I carry two new spare starters. I take a new solenoid off a new starter and replace the stbd engine solenoid. No change. I'm about to begin the painful process of swapping starters, when, on a whim, I parallel the house bank with the starting battery bank. Bam, the stbd engine starts up immediately.
I head out, go for about 2 hrs, shut down, RON. The next morning, port starts fine, stbd only turns about 1/4 turn. I parallel the house and start banks and she starts right up.
We spent the weekend out, and when I tried starting while the engine was hot the stbd engine would start when using only the starting bank. But when cold, the stbd engine would only start with paralleled house and start banks.
Thoughts? I'm guessing the starter, but I can't think of what would cause these symptoms outside a solenoid.
Was headed out on an end-of-summer trip with some friends. Started port engine no worries. Tried to start stbd side. Click. .
The engines share the same battery bank. These batteries are 1 year old and test great. The port starts multiple times w/no issues. Stbd won't turn over more than 1/4 turn.
I carry two new spare starters. I take a new solenoid off a new starter and replace the stbd engine solenoid. No change. I'm about to begin the painful process of swapping starters, when, on a whim, I parallel the house bank with the starting battery bank. Bam, the stbd engine starts up immediately.
I head out, go for about 2 hrs, shut down, RON. The next morning, port starts fine, stbd only turns about 1/4 turn. I parallel the house and start banks and she starts right up.
We spent the weekend out, and when I tried starting while the engine was hot the stbd engine would start when using only the starting bank. But when cold, the stbd engine would only start with paralleled house and start banks.
Thoughts? I'm guessing the starter, but I can't think of what would cause these symptoms outside a solenoid.